girl's name

Tanja

  • Origin Russian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 2,775

Ireland

#556

1972 births

Tanja is a girl's name. In 2007 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.

  • Tanja is a name of Russian origin.
  • Peaked in 1970, when 153 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1943.

Tanja over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2000s. The striped bar is the 2000s, still in progress — it covers 2000 to 2007, not a full ten years.

951
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00
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Births named Tanja by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 10
1950s 210
1960s 951
1970s 924
1980s 329
1990s 126
2000s (to 2007) 30

How popular is Tanja?

In 2007, Tanja 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 Tanja is used

Ireland #556 3 in 1972
Canada #2,950 5 in 1996
England & Wales #3,907 4 in 2000
France #7,619 5 in 2023
United States #15,455 7 in 2007

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 Tanja

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

Parents who like Tanja also like

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

Sibling names for Tanja

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

Common questions about Tanja

How popular is the name Tanja?

In 2007, Tanja 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 Tanja a girl's or a boy's name?

Tanja is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanja most popular?

Tanja peaked in 1970, when 153 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.