How rare is the name Tanya?

105,773 people in the United States have the first name Tanya, about 1 in 2,855. It ranks #531 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TANYA

#531

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
105,773
About
1 in 2,855
This common or more
59.6%
Who bears it

Of the 105,773 people named Tanya, 57.5% reported their origin as White, 19.6% as Black and 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Tanya peaked in 1974, when 6,038 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1974
Births that year
6,038
In 2025*
40 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 117,260 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Tanya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Tanya, 56.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1910s#5,96448
1920s#5,89284
1930s#2,119383
1940s#9562,055
1950s#5577,920
1960s#30123,087
1970s#13048,044
1980s#26622,402
1990s#7047,599
2000s#1,2693,943
2010s#2,8311,389
2020s#5,563306
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.1%
Baby boom 1946–6415.3%
Generation X 1965–8056.1%
Millennials 1981–9621.6%
Generation Z 1997–125%
2013 and later0.9%

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 Tanya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Tanya has been most common in District of Columbia (2×), Hawaii (2×), and Alaska (2×), and least common in West Virginia (0.58×).

113,831 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 Tanya

#529 Marlene · 106,957#530 Spencer · 106,323#532 Ronnie · 105,401#533 Charlie · 104,901

Spelled almost the same

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

#1,011 Tania · 42,281#2,817 Tana · 8,201#4,437 Tawnya · 4,213#4,572 Taniya · 4,025#5,739 Tanna · 2,916#7,118 Tamya · 2,168#8,341 Tanaya · 1,743#10,418 Taunya · 1,283

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