Tanishi — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tanishi

The Social Security Administration has registered 120 babies named Tanishi between 2009 and 2023, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanishi currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanishi performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanishi shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanishi in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanishi 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 120 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.