Girls' name · since 1974
Tanith
Tanith has 122 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanith is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 122 have been recorded since 1974.
Tanith has 122 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2011.
- #24,973 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanith ranks #24,973 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,973 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tanith's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tanith's full recorded timeline at 1998, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tanith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2011
- Peak year (2006)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Tanith by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Tanith's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Tanith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
29 births
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Tanith's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (43 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tanith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1974–2011 (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 Tanith 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.