Recorded 1971–1996 Girls' name Peak 1972 130 births

Tanina — girls' name

130 babies named Tanina in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s461980s621990s22
1980s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Tanina was born in this single decade.

1972
Single peak year

12 babies were named Tanina in 1972 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tanina

The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Tanina between 1971 and 1996, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanina 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 130 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.

Tanina at a glance

Last recorded 1996

Total births

130

Since 1971

26 years of records

Peak year

1972

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1996

Active since

1971

Recorded for 26 years

Last year on file: 1996

Tanina popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1971

Last recorded 1996
Peak year (1972)
12
Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
468101214 1996199019861983197919741971 6

Tanina by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
62 births that decade — 48% of Tanina's all-time total
1970s461980s621990s22

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tanina?
130 babies have been named Tanina since 1971. It was last recorded in 1996. The peak year was 1972 with 12 births.
When was Tanina most popular?
Tanina was most popular in the 1980s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 1972.
How long has the name Tanina been used?
Tanina has been recorded in Social Security data since 1971, spanning 26 years of data through 1996.
What names are similar to Tanina?
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, 1971–1996 (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.