Taniesha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taniesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 775 babies named Taniesha between 1971 and 2004, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taniesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taniesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 337 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taniesha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Taniesha in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taniesha 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 775 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.