Taniela — boys' name
140 babies named Taniela in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Taniela was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Taniela in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taniela
The Social Security Administration has registered 140 babies named Taniela between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taniela currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taniela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Taniela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taniela in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taniela 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 140 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.
Taniela at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taniela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (2014)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
140 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 12 births in a single year.
Taniela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 48 births that decade — 34% of Taniela's all-time total
Taniela decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Taniela's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Taniela by state
Where Taniela concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 10.0% |
14 of 140 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2023 (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.