Tanishka — #9976 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tanishka

The Social Security Administration has registered 364 babies named Tanishka between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanishka currently holds the #9976 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanishka performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanishka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Tanishka in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanishka 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 364 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.