Girls' name · since 1973
Taniko
33 babies named Taniko in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #40,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
33 girls have been named Taniko since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Taniko has 33 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 1981.
- #40,019 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 33 born since 1973
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taniko ranks #40,019 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1973, peaking in the 1970s.
- #40,019 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 33
- born since 1973
- 1970s
- peak decade
Taniko's 33 recorded births place it above 44.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taniko's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taniko splits its recorded history at 1976: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1973 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taniko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1981
- Peak year (1973)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Taniko by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (26 births, 79% of the file).
1970s was Taniko's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Taniko births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
26 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 26 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Taniko's decade-level peak was the 1970s (26 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1980s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taniko: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1973–1981 (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 Taniko 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.