girls:
901 births since 1981
#4815 (16th percentile)
overall:
901 births since 1981
#6838 (12th percentile)
The name Taniah is the #6,838 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 901 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 11.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 11.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,815 (15.7% percentile) for all time with 901 births since 1981.
Taniah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (first recorded for girls in 1981). Birth data for Taniah is available in 32 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Taniah reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 8.0% percentile (ranked #889) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 39 births per million (ranked 8.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2008, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Taniah ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 7.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taniah".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Taniah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 26.8% confident that Taniah is pronounced as tuh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-nyuh, at 24.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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