girls:
331 births since 1977
#5385 (6th percentile)
boys:
553 births since 1998
#4033 (12th percentile)
overall:
884 births since 1977
#6855 (11th percentile)
The name Tanay is the #6,855 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 884 recorded births since 1977. This represents the 11.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,033 (12.0% percentile) for all time with 553 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,385 (5.8% percentile) for all time with 331 births since 1977.
Tanay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1977 (1977 for girls and 1998 for boys). Birth data for Tanay is available in 45 out of the 47 years between 1977 and 2023 (34 years for girls and 26 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tanay has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.6% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tanay were boys. Interestingly, until around 2002, the name was more popular for girls (85.9% girls from 1977 to 2001), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (86.2% boys from 2002 to 2023).
For boys, Tanay reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 3.7% percentile (ranked #850) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2007, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tanay ranks #901 for boys (1.1% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 47.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tanay reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #834) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2016.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tanay".
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