Girls' name · since 1967
Tanisha
19,340 babies named Tanisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,340
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Yes -- Tanisha is the #6620 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 19,340 recorded since 1967.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanisha has been recorded 19,340 times among girls since 1967, currently ranked #6620 nationally and more common than 62% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #1,090 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,620 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 19,340 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanisha ranks #1,090 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,620 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 19,340 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #1,090 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,620 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 19,340
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Tanisha's 19,340 recorded births place it above 98.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Tanisha compares
19,340 Top 7% higher than 93% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tanisha's all-time total is 51x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tanisha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 19,340 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 758 | 21 | 19,840 |
Tanisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanisha's full recorded timeline at 1996, 17% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 83% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 758 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanisha popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 758
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Tanisha popularity over time - boys
21 total births recorded since 1977 (Tanisha as boys' name)
Tanisha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (6,811 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Tanisha's strongest decade.
6,811 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Tanisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 44
1960s
44 births
- 1970s
1970s
5,628 births
- 1980s
1980s
6,811 births
- 1990s
1990s
4,771 births
- 2000s 1,366
2000s
1,366 births
- 2010s 593
2010s
593 births
- 2020s 127
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 6,811 births (35% of all-time use).
How Tanisha compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tanisha's total volume
Tanisha by state
Where Tanisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 2,158 | 11.2% |
| #2 | California | | 1,990 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 1,159 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,154 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 952 | 4.9% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 931 | 4.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 852 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 783 | 4.0% |
2,158 of 19,340 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Tanisha appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Tanisha's data
- Tanisha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (6,811 total births); usage has since declined to 127 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tanishas (2,158 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Tanisha
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tanisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1967–2025 (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 Tanisha 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.