Names / Girl names
Tanya
Current rank
#3,767
and easing
All-time peak
#46
in 1974
First recorded
1914
in U.S. data
Children named
117,200
since 1914
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #46 in 1974 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Tanya first appears in American naming records in 1914, where it reads as a girls' name. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Its strongest year was 1974, at #46 nationally. Across all years, more than 117,200 children have been named this.