Tanya
Tanya was given to 40 girls in 2025, #3,766 among girls’ names; 117,260 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 108,000 Americans named Tanya and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 44 and 57.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tanya by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Tanya mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Tanya is “a diminutive of the female given names Tatiana (from Russian) and Tetyana (from Ukrainian).” Its etymology gives the sense “Tatiana” (Татья́на).
Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).
/ˈtɑnjə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Tanya?
#3,766 among girls’ names, 2025
Tanya fell from #1,918 in 2015 to #3,766 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 59.4 to 24.9 per million.
6,038 babies in 1974, the peak
Tanya peaked in 1974, when 6,038 babies were given it (5,997 girls, #46 among girls’ names). The 40 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,766 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,455 | 0.03 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,322 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,818 | 0.04 |
| 2021 | 43 | #3,607 | 0.03 |
| 2020 | 67 | #2,579 | 0.04 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,303 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 67 | #2,608 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 91 | #2,127 | 0.05 |
| 2016 | 92 | #2,125 | 0.05 |
Every recorded year (110)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 106 | #1,918 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 131 | #1,642 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 149 | #1,494 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 204 | #1,204 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 223 | #1,109 | 0.13 |
| 2010 | 247 | #1,018 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 268 | #990 | 0.15 |
| 2008 | 333 | #847 | 0.18 |
| 2007 | 354 | #812 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 370 | #750 | 0.19 |
| 2005 | 401 | #692 | 0.22 |
| 2004 | 430 | #635 | 0.23 |
| 2003 | 453 | #602 | 0.25 |
| 2002 | 463 | #570 | 0.26 |
| 2001 | 416 | #606 | 0.23 |
| 2000 | 455 | #571 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 404 | #603 | 0.23 |
| 1998 | 400 | #602 | 0.23 |
| 1997 | 473 | #511 | 0.27 |
| 1996 | 571 | #445 | 0.33 |
| 1995 | 621 | #413 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 707 | #368 | 0.40 |
| 1993 | 1,117 | #249 | 0.62 |
| 1992 | 1,054 | #266 | 0.57 |
| 1991 | 1,108 | #252 | 0.59 |
| 1990 | 1,118 | #253 | 0.59 |
| 1989 | 1,387 | #193 | 0.75 |
| 1988 | 1,505 | #186 | 0.85 |
| 1987 | 1,750 | #156 | 1.0 |
| 1986 | 1,766 | #160 | 1.0 |
| 1985 | 2,113 | #139 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,111 | #140 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,227 | #134 | 1.3 |
| 1982 | 2,600 | #114 | 1.5 |
| 1981 | 3,408 | #92 | 2.0 |
| 1980 | 3,436 | #88 | 2.1 |
| 1979 | 3,225 | #93 | 2.0 |
| 1978 | 3,576 | #82 | 2.3 |
| 1977 | 4,085 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 1976 | 4,819 | #61 | 3.3 |
| 1975 | 5,377 | #50 | 3.7 |
| 1974 | 5,997 | #46 | 4.1 |
| 1973 | 5,632 | #50 | 3.9 |
| 1972 | 5,402 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1971 | 4,855 | #72 | 2.9 |
| 1970 | 4,862 | #76 | 2.8 |
| 1969 | 3,964 | #91 | 2.3 |
| 1968 | 3,403 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1967 | 2,657 | #132 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 2,170 | #160 | 1.3 |
| 1965 | 2,021 | #173 | 1.1 |
| 1964 | 1,969 | #189 | 1.0 |
| 1963 | 1,847 | #198 | 1.0 |
| 1962 | 1,809 | #200 | 0.92 |
| 1961 | 1,647 | #210 | 0.82 |
| 1960 | 1,540 | #217 | 0.76 |
| 1959 | 1,461 | #219 | 0.72 |
| 1958 | 1,246 | #242 | 0.62 |
| 1957 | 1,203 | #247 | 0.59 |
| 1956 | 1,006 | #271 | 0.50 |
| 1955 | 697 | #325 | 0.36 |
| 1954 | 607 | #348 | 0.31 |
| 1953 | 533 | #368 | 0.28 |
| 1952 | 423 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1951 | 384 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1950 | 354 | #426 | 0.21 |
| 1949 | 272 | #485 | 0.16 |
| 1948 | 284 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1947 | 309 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1946 | 294 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 186 | #534 | 0.14 |
| 1944 | 196 | #517 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 195 | #541 | 0.14 |
| 1942 | 151 | #610 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 98 | #711 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 70 | #858 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 60 | #917 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 45 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,046 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 73 | #794 | 0.07 |
| 1935 | 38 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 26 | #1,477 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 21 | #1,712 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 17 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 31 | #1,331 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 25 | #1,602 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,415 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,489 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,835 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 10 | #3,246 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,625 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 11 | #3,125 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 6 | #5,031 | under 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,876 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 9 | #3,423 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 11 | #3,003 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,348 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 6 | #4,207 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,414 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tanya a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tanya has been given almost only to girls: 405 boys in 110 years of records.
Girls and boys named Tanya: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tanya, and how old are they?
108,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 117,260 Americans ever recorded as Tanya. The median Tanya alive today is 51 years old; half are between 44 and 57.
The 2020 Census counted 105,773 people named Tanya (105,664 women and girls, 109 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 110,169 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 563 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 14,700 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 61,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 24,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 5,830 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,010 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tanya born?
The states with the most babies named Tanya are California, New York and Texas, with 29% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 15,311 | #2,076 | 1.2× |
| New York | 9,987 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 7,640 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 5,720 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 5,692 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 4,413 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 4,355 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 3,946 | #2,453 | 1.0× |
| Wisconsin | 2,965 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Louisiana | 2,817 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Tanya is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tanya is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1914 it was given 1.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tanya with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 173,413 babies since 1880, Tanya is the most given (68% of them). In 2025 it was given to 40 of their 225 babies (18%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tanya
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tanya and names like it
- Compare Tanya and TaniaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sTanya peaked in 1974.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tanya since 1910.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Tanya.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tanya alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.