Tanyiah — #16340 US girls' name
130 babies named Tanyiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
68% of everyone ever named Tanyiah was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Tanyiah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanyiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 130 babies named Tanyiah between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tanyiah currently holds the #16340 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanyiah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanyiah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tanyiah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanyiah 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 130 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.
Tanyiah at a glance
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Current rank
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Tanyiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2005)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #16340 among girls.
130 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 15 births in a single year.
Tanyiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 88 births that decade — 68% of Tanyiah's all-time total
Tanyiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tanyiah's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 68% of all-time use.
Tanyiah by state
Where Tanyiah concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 5 | 3.8% |
5 of 130 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 3.8% 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, 2003–2024 (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.