girls:
5.1k births since 1969
#2373 (58th percentile)
overall:
5.1k births since 1969
#3840 (50th percentile)
The name Taniya is the #3,840 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,063 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 50.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 50.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,373 (58.5% percentile) for all time with 5,063 births since 1969.
Taniya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (first recorded for girls in 1969). Birth data for Taniya is available in 52 out of the 55 years between 1969 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, Taniya reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 40.9% percentile (ranked #571) with 207 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 207 births per million (ranked 40.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2007, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Taniya ranks #935 for girls (1.3% percentile) with 10 births per million, which is 4.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taniya".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Taniya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Taniya is pronounced as tuh-NEE-uh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TAH-nyuh, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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