Girls' name · since 1980
Tannah
Tannah has 269 recorded births since 1980 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
269 girls have been named Tannah since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tannah has 269 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 2021.
- #16,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 269 born since 1980
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tannah ranks #16,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 269 born since 1980, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 269
- born since 1980
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tannah's 269 recorded births place it above 76.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tannah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tannah's full recorded timeline at 2001, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tannah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2021
- Peak year (2000)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Tannah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (125 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Tannah's strongest decade.
125 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Tannah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 25
1980s
25 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 125 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Tannah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (125 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tannah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1980–2021 (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 Tannah 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.