Girls' name · since 1918
Tania
Tania has 28,891 recorded births since 1918 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,039 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,891
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tania is the #2039 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 28,891 recorded since 1918.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tania has been recorded 28,891 times among girls since 1918, currently ranked #2039 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #855 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,039 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 28,891 born since 1918
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tania ranks #855 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,039 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 28,891 born since 1918, peaking in the 2000s.
- #855 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,039 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 28,891
- born since 1918
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tania's 28,891 recorded births place it above 98.81% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Tania compares
28,891 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tania's all-time total is 77x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28,891 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 846 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tania splits its recorded history at 1977: 72% of all births land in the more recent half, 28% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1993 peak of 846 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tania popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 846
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Tania popularity over time - boys
61 total births recorded since 1979 (Tania as boys' name)
Tania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,179 births, 21% of the file).
2000s was Tania's strongest decade.
6,179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Tania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 83
1930s
83 births
- 1940s 234
1940s
234 births
- 1950s 576
1950s
576 births
- 1960s
1960s
2,864 births
- 1970s
1970s
5,932 births
- 1980s
1980s
4,249 births
- 1990s
1990s
6,120 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,179 births
- 2010s 1,964
2010s
1,964 births
- 2020s 674
2020s
674 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,179 births (21% of all-time use).
How Tania compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tania's total volume
Tania by state
Where Tania concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,484 | 22.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 3,010 | 10.4% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,837 | 9.8% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 1,671 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,299 | 4.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 974 | 3.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 733 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 662 | 2.3% |
6,484 of 28,891 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Tania appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tania's data
- Tania's decade-level peak was the 2000s (6,179 total births); usage has since declined to 674 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tanias (6,484 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tania: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
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, 1918–2025 (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 Tania 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.