Taneil — girls' name
133 babies named Taneil in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Taneil was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Taneil in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taneil
The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Taneil between 1976 and 2014, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taneil currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taneil performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taneil shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taneil in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taneil 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 133 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.
Taneil at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1976
- Peak year (1976)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
133 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 14 births in a single year.
Taneil by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 44 births that decade — 33% of Taneil's all-time total
Taneil decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Taneil's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Taneil by state
Where Taneil concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 133 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.