Taneika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taneika

The Social Security Administration has registered 242 babies named Taneika between 1973 and 1996, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taneika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taneika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 145 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taneika shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taneika in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taneika 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 242 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.