Girls' name · peaked in 1974
Tanya name popularity since 1925
117,183 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Tanya. Half of them were born in 1974 or earlier, so the typical Tanya is about 52 years old in 2026. Tanya peaked in 1974 as the #46 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 117,183
- Named Tanya, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,767 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 116,778 girls · 405 boys
- Most popular in
- Hawaii
- 1.95× its national share
Peak year is the year Tanya 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.
Tanya births per year, 1925–2025
1974 was the biggest year for Tanya both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1952 and 1957, Tanya became 2.6× more common, from 1 in 4,380 baby girls to 1 in 1,700.
- Steepest fall: Between 1993 and 1998, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 1,620 to 1 in 4,420.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Tanya's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Tanya.
Decade by decade
Babies named Tanya 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 | 55 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 383 | 0 | #1,160 |
| 1940s | 2,055 | 0 | #534 |
| 1950s | 7,914 | 6 | #325 |
| 1960s | 23,027 | 60 | #173 |
| 1970s | 47,830 | 214 | #50 |
| 1980s | 22,303 | 99 | #139 |
| 1990s | 7,573 | 26 | #413 |
| 2000s | 3,943 | 0 | #692 |
| 2010s | 1,389 | 0 | #1,918 |
| 2020–25 | 306 | 0 | #3,767 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
56.1% of babies named Tanya from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen X years (1965–1980). The full split by generation:
Where Tanya is most popular
The index compares Tanya'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 Tanya.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 1.95× | 700 |
| District of Columbia | 1.94× | 1,027 |
| New Mexico | 1.89× | 1,201 |
| Alaska | 1.85× | 316 |
| North Dakota | 1.61× | 586 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Tanya 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tanya (this page) | 116,778 | 1974 |
| Tania | 28,880 | 1976 |
| Taniya | 5,101 | 2006 |
| Tanaya | 2,128 | 2005 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Tanya's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Tanya.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Tanya (1974).
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