Tanner — #443 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tanner

The Social Security Administration has registered 96,980 babies named Tanner between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tanner currently holds the #443 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 4,704 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanner performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 37,396 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Tanner shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,551 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Tanner in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tanner 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 96,980 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.