How rare is the name Taniya?

4,025 people in the United States have the first name Taniya, about 1 in 75,039. It ranks #4,572 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TANIYA

#4,572

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,025
About
1 in 75,039
This common or more
84.2%
Who bears it

Of the 4,025 people named Taniya, 83.4% reported their origin as Black, 5.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 5% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Taniya peaked in 2006, when 433 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
433
In 2025*
21 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 5,101 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Taniya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,432. The largest share of babies named Taniya, 79.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#16,2136
1970s#11,17258
1980s#9,612107
1990s#4,523458
2000s#1,4323,301
2010s#3,5251,013
2020s#8,614158
Generation X 1965–801.6%
Millennials 1981–965.6%
Generation Z 1997–1279.7%
2013 and later13.1%

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 Taniya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Taniya has been most common in Georgia (3.4×), Mississippi (3.3×), and Florida (3.1×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.16×).

3,881 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.

Exactly as common as Taniya

1 other first name also has 4,025 people.

#4,572 Aretha · 4,025

Either side of Taniya

#4,570 Viet · 4,026#4,572 Aretha · 4,025#4,574 Torin · 4,023#4,575 Hawa · 4,022

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Taniya, most common first.

#531 Tanya · 105,773#1,011 Tania · 42,281#5,742 Taniyah · 2,913#8,341 Tanaya · 1,743#9,857 Tamiya · 1,383#26,290 Tannya · 355#27,622 Taneya · 330#43,336 Tanaiya · 163

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