Tanmay — #13098 US boys' name
165 babies named Tanmay in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 8% of names given to boys today.
60% of everyone ever named Tanmay was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Tanmay in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanmay
The Social Security Administration has registered 165 babies named Tanmay between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tanmay currently holds the #13098 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanmay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanmay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanmay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanmay 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 165 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.
Tanmay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tanmay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #13098 among boys.
165 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 18 births in a single year.
Tanmay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 99 births that decade — 60% of Tanmay's all-time total
Tanmay decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tanmay's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Tanmay by state
Where Tanmay concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 165 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 3.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2001–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.