Tatanisha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tatanisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 586 babies named Tatanisha between 1970 and 1996, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tatanisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tatanisha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 425 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tatanisha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Tatanisha in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tatanisha 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 586 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.