Girls' name · since 1955
Tanger
20 babies named Tanger in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tanger sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 20 recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanger has been recorded 20 times among girls since 1955, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 1967.
- #46,246 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 20 born since 1955
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanger ranks #46,246 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1955, peaking in the 1960s.
- #46,246 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 20
- born since 1955
- 1960s
- peak decade
Tanger's 20 recorded births place it above 35.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanger's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanger's SSA record in two at 1964 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded.
Tanger popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–1967
- Peak year (1955)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Tanger by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (15 births, 75% of the file).
1960s was Tanger's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Tanger births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 15 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanger: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1955–1967 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tanger draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.