Girls' name · since 1975
Tanieka
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.
- #23,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
146 girls have been named Tanieka since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanieka has been recorded 146 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1996.
- #23,082 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 146 born since 1975
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanieka ranks #23,082 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 146 born since 1975, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,082 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 146
- born since 1975
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanieka's 146 recorded births place it above 68.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanieka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanieka's full recorded timeline at 1984, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanieka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1996
- Peak year (1979)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Tanieka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (60 births, 41% of the file).
1980s was Tanieka's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Tanieka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
53 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 60 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Tanieka's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 1990s (33) -- 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 Tanieka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~21 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, 1975–1996 (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 Tanieka 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.