Girls' name · since 1975
Tanicka
115 babies named Tanicka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tanicka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 115 recorded since 1975.
Tanicka has 115 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1994.
- #25,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 115 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanicka ranks #25,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 115 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 115
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tanicka's 115 recorded births place it above 64.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanicka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanicka's full recorded timeline at 1982, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1984, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1975 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanicka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1994
- Peak year (1975)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Tanicka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (49 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Tanicka's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Tanicka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 49 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Tanicka's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 1990s (17) -- 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 Tanicka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~19 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, 1975–1994 (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 Tanicka 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.