girls:
116.8k births since 1914
#327 (94th percentile)
boys:
405 births since 1956
#4181 (9th percentile)
overall:
117.2k births since 1914
#609 (92nd percentile)
The name Tanya is the #609 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 117,171 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 92.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 92.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #327 (94.3% percentile) for all time with 116,766 births since 1914. For boys, it ranks #4,181 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 405 births since 1956.
Tanya first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for girls and 1956 for boys). Birth data for Tanya is available in 108 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (108 years for girls and 32 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 Tanya has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.7% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Tanya reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 94.0% percentile (ranked #46) with 3,828 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 3,828 births per million (ranked 94.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Tanya ranks #903 for girls (4.7% percentile) with 28 births per million, which is 0.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Tanya reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #617) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1996.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tanya".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Tanya. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.1% confident that Tanya is pronounced as TAH-nyuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TA-nyuh, at 31.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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