Tanya Girl
How popular is Tanya?
#3,711 girl name in 2025
40 baby girls were named Tanya in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
Tanya popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,711 for girls (▼ 316 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 40 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,908 in 2015, #2,549 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1974 (5,997 girls) |
| Highest rank | #46 in 1974 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Tanya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Tania family of names ranked #1,312 for girls in 2025 (#1,222 the year before), with 133 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Tania | 93 | 70% |
| Tanya | 40 | 30% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Tanya is most popular
Babies named Tanya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Tanya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 48 | #2,264 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,300 |
| 1930s | 383 | #791 |
| 1940s | 2,055 | #453 |
| 1950s | 7,914 | #219 |
| 1960s | 23,027 | #90 |
| 1970s | 47,830 | #46 |
| 1980s | 22,303 | #88 |
| 1990s | 7,573 | #248 |
| 2000s | 3,943 | #570 |
| 2010s | 1,389 | #1,015 |
| 2020s | 306 | #2,549 |
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Questions
- Is Tanya a boy or girl name?
- Tanya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Tanya were girls.
- How popular is the name Tanya?
- 40 baby girls were named Tanya in the US in 2025, making it the 3711th most popular girl name.
- When was Tanya most popular?
- Tanya peaked in 1974, when 5,997 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #46 in 1974.
- How many people are named Tanya?
- 117,260 babies have been named Tanya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 109,083 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 51.
- Where is Tanya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Tanya was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.