Recorded 1975–1996 Girls' name Peak 1979 146 births

Tanieka — girls' name

146 babies named Tanieka in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s531980s601990s33
1980s
Peak decade

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

1979
Single peak year

13 babies were named Tanieka in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tanieka

The Social Security Administration has registered 146 babies named Tanieka between 1975 and 1996, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanieka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanieka performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanieka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanieka 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 146 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.

Tanieka at a glance

Last recorded 1996

Total births

146

Since 1975

22 years of records

Peak year

1979

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1996

Active since

1975

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 1996

Tanieka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1975

Last recorded 1996
Peak year (1979)
13
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
468101214 1996199119871983198019771975 11

Tanieka by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
60 births that decade — 41% of Tanieka's all-time total
1970s531980s601990s33

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tanieka?
146 babies have been named Tanieka since 1975. It was last recorded in 1996. The peak year was 1979 with 13 births.
When was Tanieka most popular?
Tanieka was most popular in the 1980s decade with 60 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
How long has the name Tanieka been used?
Tanieka has been recorded in Social Security data since 1975, spanning 22 years of data through 1996.
What names are similar to Tanieka?
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, 1975–1996 (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.