first name
TANA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 8,201 people named Tana, 80.9% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Tana peaked in 1962, when 241 babies got the name.
At least 9,280 babies have been given the name since 1924. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Tana by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,230. The largest share of babies named Tana, 32.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Tana is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tana has been most common in Montana (16×), Oregon (4.5×), and Washington (3.8×), and least common in Virginia (0.27×).
5,082 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Tana
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Tana, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Tana ranks #82,600 of 156,621, with 246 people. See Tana as a last name
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