Tanekia — girls' name
123 babies named Tanekia in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Tanekia was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Tanekia in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanekia
The Social Security Administration has registered 123 babies named Tanekia between 1976 and 1996, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanekia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanekia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanekia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanekia 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 123 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.
Tanekia at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tanekia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1976
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
123 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 13 births in a single year.
Tanekia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 75 births that decade — 61% of Tanekia's all-time total
Tanekia decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Tanekia's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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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, 1976–1996 (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.