girls:
997 births since 1942
#4719 (17th percentile)
boys:
10 births since 1972
#4576 (0th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1942
#6732 (13th percentile)
The name Tani is the #6,732 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,007 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 13.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,719 (17.4% percentile) for all time with 997 births since 1942. For boys, it ranks #4,576 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 10 births since 1972.
Tani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Tani is available in 70 out of the 81 years between 1942 and 2022 (69 years for girls and 2 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 Tani has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tani reached its peak popularity in 1963, achieving the 7.4% percentile (ranked #715) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 1963, with 31 births per million (ranked 7.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
For boys, Tani reached its peak popularity in 1972, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #661) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1972, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 83.3% confident that Tani is pronounced as TAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TUH-nee, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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