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Tanya Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Tanya?

The rare name Tanya was the 2,591st Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

Tanya, although not presently in the top 1000, did once enjoy higher rankings.

Position 46, its highest popularity ranking, was reached in 1974 with 5,996 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Tanya was less than 5, most recently in 1923.

Approximately during the years 1927-1931, 1938-1946, 1948-1962, and 1963-1972, the name Tanya took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1976-1990, 1991-1998, and 2006-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Sometimes the name Tanya has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

Where is the name Tanya popularity headed?

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

The popularity trend for Tanya has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Tanya lately has dropped significantly.

The name Tanya is quite distinctive and will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Tanya has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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   Tanya (Girl)Tanya (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 67 2,591 < 5 --
2017 91 2,122 < 5 --
2016 92 2,123 < 5 --
2015 106 1,914 < 5 --
2014 130 1,648 < 5 --
2013 149 1,490 < 5 --
2012 204 1,204 < 5 --
2011 223 1,107 < 5 --
2010 247 1,016 < 5 --
2009 268 990 < 5 --
2008 333 846 < 5 --
2007 354 812 < 5 --
2006 369 750 < 5 --
2005 400 693 < 5 --
2004 430 634 < 5 --
2003 451 604 < 5 --
2002 464 570 < 5 --
2001 417 605 < 5 --
2000 454 573 < 5 --
1999 404 603 < 5 --
1998 399 602 < 5 --
1997 472 512 < 5 --
1996 571 444 5 10,362
1995 621 413 < 5 --
1994 707 368 8 6,906
1993 1,117 249 < 5 --
1992 1,054 266 < 5 --
1991 1,109 251 6 8,125
1990 1,118 252 7 7,085
1989 1,388 193 5 9,081
1988 1,504 186 8 5,680
1987 1,750 156 10 4,539
1986 1,765 160 7 5,856
1985 2,113 139 11 4,019
1984 2,110 140 14 3,250
1983 2,228 134 11 3,842
1982 2,600 114 8 4,940
1981 3,408 92 13 3,387
1980 3,437 88 12 3,591
1979 3,225 93 11 3,787
1978 3,579 81 10 3,817
1977 4,085 67 23 2,123
1976 4,820 61 22 2,168
1975 5,379 50 26 1,880
1974 5,996 46 41 1,349
1973 5,631 50 29 1,647
1972 5,401 54 21 2,012
1971 4,853 72 12 2,951
1970 4,862 76 19 2,114
1969 3,966 90 10 3,043
1968 3,401 106 9 3,077
1967 2,659 132 13 2,333
1966 2,169 160 9 2,955
1965 2,020 173 < 5 --
1964 1,968 189 < 5 --
1963 1,847 198 6 4,001
1962 1,809 200 6 4,000
1961 1,648 208 7 3,625
1960 1,541 217 < 5 --
1959 1,461 219 < 5 --
1958 1,246 242 < 5 --
1957 1,203 247 < 5 --
1956 1,007 271 6 3,892
1955 696 325 < 5 --
1954 607 349 < 5 --
1953 533 369 < 5 --
1952 423 410 < 5 --
1951 384 427 < 5 --
1950 354 427 < 5 --
1949 272 486 < 5 --
1948 284 476 < 5 --
1947 309 467 < 5 --
1946 294 455 < 5 --
1945 187 532 < 5 --
1944 196 517 < 5 --
1943 195 541 < 5 --
1942 151 610 < 5 --
1941 99 707 < 5 --
1940 70 858 < 5 --
1939 60 917 < 5 --
1938 45 1,078 < 5 --
1937 47 1,046 < 5 --
1936 73 794 < 5 --
1935 38 1,160 < 5 --
1934 26 1,477 < 5 --
1933 21 1,712 < 5 --
1932 17 2,023 < 5 --
1931 31 1,331 < 5 --
1930 25 1,604 < 5 --
1929 14 2,416 < 5 --
1928 14 2,489 < 5 --
1927 8 3,837 < 5 --
1926 10 3,248 < 5 --
1925 9 3,626 < 5 --
1924 11 3,128 < 5 --
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1921 6 5,033 < 5 --
1920 12 2,876 < 5 --
1919 9 3,425 < 5 --
1918 11 3,004 < 5 --
1917 6 4,534 < 5 --
1916 6 4,350 < 5 --
1915 6 4,209 < 5 --
1914 10 2,415 < 5 --
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United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.