Girls' name · peaked in 1977
Tanisha name popularity since 1925
19,361 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tanisha. Half of them were born in 1985 or earlier, so the typical Tanisha is about 41 years old in 2026. Tanisha peaked in 1977 as the #321 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 19,361
- Named Tanisha, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,802 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 19,340 girls · 21 boys
- Most popular in
- New Jersey
- 1.93× its national share
Peak year is the year Tanisha made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Tanisha births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1982. Measured as a share of all babies, Tanisha peaked in 1977.
- Fastest rise: Between 1970 and 1975, Tanisha became 5.9× more common, from 1 in 13,600 baby girls to 1 in 2,310.
- Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 68%, from 1 in 3,120 to 1 in 9,850.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tanisha's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tanisha.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tanisha in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 44 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 5,628 | 7 | #345 |
| 1980s | 6,811 | 14 | #369 |
| 1990s | 4,771 | 0 | #534 |
| 2000s | 1,366 | 0 | #1,493 |
| 2010s | 593 | 0 | #3,175 |
| 2020–25 | 127 | 0 | #6,802 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
52.3% of babies named Tanisha from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Tanisha is most popular
The index compares Tanisha's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Tanisha.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 1.93× | 931 |
| Michigan | 1.72× | 1,154 |
| New York | 1.62× | 2,158 |
| Georgia | 1.46× | 707 |
| Louisiana | 1.38× | 434 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tanisha and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Tanisha (this page) | 19,340 | 1977 |
| Tanesha | 5,307 | 1983 |
| Taneisha | 2,038 | 1986 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tanisha's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tanisha.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tanisha (1977).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data