girl's name

Tanna

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 3,242

Tanna is a girl's name. In 2023 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 1979, when 91 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1943.

Tanna over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

621
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tanna by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 170
1950s 327
1960s 482
1970s 455
1980s 621
1990s 601
2000s 430
2010s 121
2020s (to 2023) 29

How popular is Tanna?

In 2023, Tanna 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 Tanna is used

England & Wales #5,671 3 in 2004
United States #16,727 5 in 2023

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 Tanna

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

Parents who like Tanna also like

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

Sibling names for Tanna

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

Common questions about Tanna

How popular is the name Tanna?

In 2023, Tanna 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 Tanna a girl's or a boy's name?

Tanna is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tanna most popular?

Tanna peaked in 1979, when 91 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.