Recorded 1975–2019 Girls' name Peak 2001 373 births

Taneya — girls' name

373 babies named Taneya in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s331980s561990s1002000s1532010s31
2000s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Taneya was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

22 babies were named Taneya in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Taneya

The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Taneya between 1975 and 2019, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taneya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taneya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taneya 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 Taneya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taneya 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 373 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.

Taneya at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

373

Since 1975

45 years of records

Peak year

2001

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1975

Recorded for 45 years

Last year on file: 2019

Taneya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1975

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2001)
22
Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
0510152025 20192008200319981993198619811975 19

Taneya by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
153 births that decade — 41% of Taneya's all-time total
1970s331980s561990s1002000s1532010s31

Taneya by state

Where Taneya concentrates geographically — total births since 1975

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Taneya
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.3%
California share of Taneya's total US births 1.3%

5 of 373 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taneya?
373 babies have been named Taneya since 1975. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2001 with 22 births.
When was Taneya most popular?
Taneya was most popular in the 2000s decade with 153 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Taneya most popular?
The top states for the name Taneya are California (5 births).
How long has the name Taneya been used?
Taneya has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 45 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Taneya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tanya, Tania, Tanisha, Tana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1975–2019 (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.