Tanveer — #12863 US boys' name
148 babies named Tanveer in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to boys today.
42% of everyone ever named Tanveer was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Tanveer in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanveer
The Social Security Administration has registered 148 babies named Tanveer between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tanveer currently holds the #12863 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Tanveer is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 37 additional births since 2001.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanveer performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tanveer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanveer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanveer 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 148 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.
Tanveer at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tanveer popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2000)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #12863 among boys.
148 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 13 births in a single year.
Tanveer popularity over time — girls
37 total births recorded since 2001 (Tanveer as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tanveer accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tanveer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 62 births that decade — 42% of Tanveer's all-time total
Tanveer decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tanveer's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 42% of all-time use.
Tanveer by state
Where Tanveer concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 148 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.4% 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, 1990–2024 (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.