girl's name

Tanesha

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 5,523

Tanesha is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 280 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1969.

Tanesha over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

2,262
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Tanesha by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 6
1970s 1,189
1980s 2,262
1990s 1,536
2000s 276
2010s (to 2014) 38

How popular is Tanesha?

In 2014, Tanesha was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tanesha is used

Canada #3,675 5 in 2009
England & Wales #4,563 5 in 2010
United States #11,651 9 in 2014

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 Tanesha

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

Parents who like Tanesha also like

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

Sibling names for Tanesha

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

Common questions about Tanesha

How popular is the name Tanesha?

In 2014, Tanesha was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Tanesha is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanesha most popular?

Tanesha peaked in 1983, when 280 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.