girl's name

Tanith

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 242

Tanith is a girl's name. In 2011 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2006, when 18 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Tanith over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2011, not a full ten years.

43
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Tanith by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 12
1980s 29
1990s 17
2000s 43
2010s (to 2011) 21

How popular is Tanith?

In 2011, Tanith was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tanith is used

England & Wales #4,286 5 in 2019
United States #13,719 7 in 2011

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 Tanith

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

Parents who like Tanith also like

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

Sibling names for Tanith

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

Common questions about Tanith

How popular is the name Tanith?

In 2011, Tanith was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Tanith is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanith most popular?

Tanith peaked in 2006, when 18 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.