girls:
66 births since 1972
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
515 births since 2000
#4071 (11th percentile)
overall:
581 births since 1972
#7158 (7th percentile)
The name Tanish is the #7,158 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 581 recorded births since 1972. This represents the 7.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,071 (11.2% percentile) for all time with 515 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1972.
Tanish first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972 (1972 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Tanish is available in 35 out of the 52 years between 1972 and 2023 (24 years for boys and 11 years for girls). 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 Tanish has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Tanish were boys. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1972 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2000 to 2023).
For boys, Tanish reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 4.6% percentile (ranked #840) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tanish ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 24.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tanish reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #810) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tanish".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Tanish. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Tanish is pronounced as tuh-NIHSH, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-nihsh, at 30.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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