Girls' name · since 1971
Tanicia
144 babies named Tanicia in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanicia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 144 have been recorded since 1971.
Tanicia has 144 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1998.
- #23,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 144 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanicia ranks #23,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 144 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 144
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanicia's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanicia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanicia's full recorded timeline at 1985, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1973 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanicia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1998
- Peak year (1973)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1998.
144 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 11 births in a single year.
Tanicia by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (52 births, 36% of the file).
1980s was Tanicia's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Tanicia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 52 births (36% of all-time use).
Tanicia decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 48 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Tanicia's data
- Tanicia's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (52 total births) through the 1990s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanicia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1971–1998 (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 Tanicia 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.
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