girls:
988 births since 1935
#4728 (17th percentile)
boys:
529 births since 1926
#4057 (11th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1926
#6228 (20th percentile)
The name Tanis is the #6,228 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,517 recorded births since 1926. This represents the 19.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 19.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,728 (17.3% percentile) for all time with 988 births since 1935. For boys, it ranks #4,057 (11.5% percentile) for all time with 529 births since 1926.
Tanis first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1926 (1926 for boys and 1935 for girls). Birth data for Tanis is available in 85 out of the 97 years between 1926 and 2022 (73 years for girls and 38 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 Tanis has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (65.1% of all recorded births). In 2022, 0.0% of babies named Tanis were girls.
For girls, Tanis reached its peak popularity in 1948, achieving the 4.8% percentile (ranked #653) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1948, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
For boys, Tanis reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #789) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2000, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tanis".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Tanis. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 72.5% confident that Tanis is pronounced as TA-nihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-NIHS, at 20.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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