girls:
2.4k births since 1979
#3500 (39th percentile)
boys:
96.3k births since 1913
#313 (93rd percentile)
overall:
98.7k births since 1913
#687 (91st percentile)
The name Tanner is the #687 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 98,706 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 91.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 91.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #313 (93.2% percentile) for all time with 96,259 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #3,500 (38.8% percentile) for all time with 2,447 births since 1979.
Tanner first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Tanner is available in 71 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (71 years for boys and 44 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 Tanner has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.5% of babies named Tanner were boys.
For boys, Tanner reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 89.8% percentile (ranked #82) with 2,320 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 2,341 births per million (ranked 89.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1999, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Tanner ranks #395 for boys (56.7% percentile) with 393 births per million, which is 16.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tanner reached its peak popularity in 1998, achieving the 13.5% percentile (ranked #756) with 63 births per million. The name was most common in 1998, with 63 births per million (ranked 13.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tanner ranks #902 for girls (4.8% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 45.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tanner".
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