Tannya — girls' name
253 babies named Tannya in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Tannya was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Tannya in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tannya
The Social Security Administration has registered 253 babies named Tannya between 1956 and 2006, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tannya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tannya performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tannya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tannya in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tannya 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 253 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.
Tannya at a glance
Last recorded 2006Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tannya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–1956
- Peak year (1993)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2006.
253 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 12 births in a single year.
Tannya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 76 births that decade — 30% of Tannya's all-time total
Tannya decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 53 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tannya's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Tannya by state
Where Tannya concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 9.1% |
23 of 253 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.1% 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, 1956–2006 (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.