Girls' name · since 1975
Tanyell
Tanyell has 48 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1975 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tanyell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 48 recorded since 1975.
Tanyell has 48 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1986.
- #35,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 48 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tanyell ranks #35,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 48 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #35,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 48
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tanyell's 48 recorded births place it above 50.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tanyell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tanyell's SSA record in two at 1980 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1977, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tanyell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1986
- Peak year (1975)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Tanyell by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (25 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Tanyell's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tanyell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
25 births
- 1980s
1980s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 25 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Tanyell's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 1980s (23) -- 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 Tanyell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~11 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, 1975–1986 (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 Tanyell 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.