Tanyon — boys' name
151 babies named Tanyon in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
77% of everyone ever named Tanyon was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Tanyon in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tanyon
The Social Security Administration has registered 151 babies named Tanyon between 1997 and 2010, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tanyon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tanyon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tanyon 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 Tanyon in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tanyon 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 151 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.
Tanyon at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tanyon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1997
- Peak year (2005)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
151 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 24 births in a single year.
Tanyon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 117 births that decade — 77% of Tanyon's all-time total
Tanyon decade highlights
- Peak decade 117 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tanyon's strongest decade
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% of all-time use.
Tanyon by state
Where Tanyon concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 151 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.3% 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, 1997–2010 (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.