Taneeka — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taneeka

The Social Security Administration has registered 194 babies named Taneeka between 1972 and 1994, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taneeka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taneeka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taneeka shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taneeka in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taneeka in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 194 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.