Taniqua — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taniqua

The Social Security Administration has registered 605 babies named Taniqua between 1974 and 2002, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taniqua currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 70 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taniqua performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 334 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taniqua shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 151 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Taniqua in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taniqua 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 605 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.