Recorded 1980–2021 Girls' name Peak 2000 269 births

Tannah — girls' name

269 babies named Tannah in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s251990s922000s1252010s172020s10
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Tannah was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

21 babies were named Tannah in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tannah

The Social Security Administration has registered 269 babies named Tannah between 1980 and 2021, spanning 42 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tannah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tannah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 125 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Tannah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tannah 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 269 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.

Tannah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

269

Since 1980

42 years of records

Peak year

2000

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1980

Recorded for 42 years

Last year on file: 2021

Tannah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1980

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2000)
21
Annual births at peak — across 42 years of records
0510152025 20212010200520011997199219861980 5

Tannah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
125 births that decade — 46% of Tannah's all-time total
1980s251990s922000s1252010s172020s10

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tannah?
269 babies have been named Tannah since 1980. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2000 with 21 births.
When was Tannah most popular?
Tannah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 125 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Tannah been used?
Tannah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 42 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Tannah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tanya, Tania, Tanisha, Tana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–2021 (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.