girl's name

Tanita

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 666

Ireland

#448

1995 births

Tanita is a girl's name. In 2001 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1980, when 35 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1961.

Tanita over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2001, not a full ten years.

236
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Tanita by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 63
1970s 236
1980s 217
1990s 86
2000s (to 2001) 5

How popular is Tanita?

In 2001, Tanita was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tanita is used

Ireland #448 5 in 1995
Scotland #690 3 in 1989
England & Wales #1,971 9 in 1998
Canada #2,420 6 in 1992
France #5,710 5 in 2003
United States #17,891 5 in 2001

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 Tanita

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

Parents who like Tanita also like

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

Sibling names for Tanita

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

Common questions about Tanita

How popular is the name Tanita?

In 2001, Tanita was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Tanita is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanita most popular?

Tanita peaked in 1980, when 35 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.