Recorded 2005–2014 Girls' name Peak 2014 14 births

Tanilah — girls' name

14 babies named Tanilah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s52010s9
2010s
Peak decade

64% of everyone ever named Tanilah was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

9 babies were named Tanilah in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tanilah

The Social Security Administration has registered 14 babies named Tanilah between 2005 and 2014, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanilah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanilah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 9 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tanilah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanilah 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 14 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.

Tanilah at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

14

Since 2005

10 years of records

Peak year

2014

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2005

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2014

Tanilah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2005

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2014)
9
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
45678910 20142005 5

Tanilah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
9 births that decade — 64% of Tanilah's all-time total
2000s52010s9

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tanilah?
14 babies have been named Tanilah since 2005. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2014 with 9 births.
When was Tanilah most popular?
Tanilah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 9 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Tanilah been used?
Tanilah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2005, spanning 10 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Tanilah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tanya, Tania, Tanisha, Tana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2005–2014 (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.