Girls' name · since 1973
Tanikka
124 babies named Tanikka in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
124 girls have been named Tanikka since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tanikka has 124 recorded births among girls since 1973, 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 1973 to 1991.
- #24,786 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 124 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanikka ranks #24,786 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 124 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #24,786 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 124
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tanikka's 124 recorded births place it above 65.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanikka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanikka's full recorded timeline at 1981, 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 1981, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanikka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1991
- Peak year (1979)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Tanikka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (61 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Tanikka's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Tanikka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 61 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Tanikka's decade-level peak was the 1970s (61 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanikka: 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 (~18 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, 1973–1991 (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 Tanikka 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.