Tannisha — girls' name
66 babies named Tannisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
59% of everyone ever named Tannisha was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tannisha in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tannisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 66 babies named Tannisha between 1971 and 1995, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tannisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tannisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tannisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tannisha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tannisha 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 66 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.
Tannisha at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tannisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1971
- Peak year (1979)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
66 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 11 births in a single year.
Tannisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 39 births that decade — 59% of Tannisha's all-time total
Tannisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tannisha's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Tannisha by state
Where Tannisha concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 5 | 7.6% |
5 of 66 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 7.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 7.6% 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, 1971–1995 (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.