girl's name

Tana

  • Origin Sakizaya
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 9,402

Tana is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Tana is a name of Sakizaya origin.
  • Peaked in 1962, when 241 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1924.

Tana over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1920s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,063
'20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tana by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1920s 25
1930s 28
1940s 880
1950s 1,480
1960s 2,063
1970s 1,736
1980s 1,481
1990s 885
2000s 464
2010s 177
2020s (to 2025) 61

How popular is Tana?

In 2025, Tana was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Tana is used

Canada #2,506 6 in 2005
England & Wales #5,064 4 in 2017
France #5,647 5 in 2024
United States #14,967 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tana

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tana also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tana

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tana

How popular is the name Tana?

In 2025, Tana was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Tana a girl's or a boy's name?

Tana is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tana most popular?

Tana peaked in 1962, when 241 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Tana a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Tana currently ranks #14,967 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.