Unisex name · since 1903
Tannie
Tannie has 111 recorded births since 1903 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Tannie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 111 have been recorded since 1903.
Tannie has 111 recorded births among girls since 1903, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1903 to 1978.
- #26,014 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 111 born since 1903
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tannie ranks #26,014 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 111 born since 1903, peaking in the 1950s.
- #26,014 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 111
- born since 1903
- 1950s
- peak decade
Tannie's 111 recorded births place it above 64.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tannie's full recorded timeline at 1957, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1903, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tannie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1903–1978
- Peak year (1958)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Tannie popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1922 (Tannie as boys' name)
Tannie by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (28 births, 25% of the file).
1950s was Tannie's strongest decade.
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Tannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
28 births
- 1960s
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 28 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Tannie's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (28 total births) through the 1970s (17) -- 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 Tannie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1903–1978 (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 Tannie 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.