Tana
Tana was the 17017th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 655th with 241 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,441 places. More babies were named Tana in the 1960s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #17,017 girls, down 10,120 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 5girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1962241 babies
- Total since 1880
- 9,280babies recorded
Tana popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1975.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #17,017 | 5 |
| 2020 | #6,897 | 17 |
| 2010 | #5,396 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,331 | 67 |
| 1990 | #1,407 | 113 |
| 1980 | #958 | 155 |
| 1970 | #721 | 209 |
| 1960 | #710 | 207 |
| 1950 | #754 | 132 |
| 1940 | #2,563 | 12 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tana, counting every spelling?
Tana is the most common spelling of a name family that had 5 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 5 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tana | 5 | #17,017 | 44 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Tana?
5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tana (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tana?
About 8,100 people born in the US named Tana are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 40 and 65. That makes Tana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tana: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tana, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tana
How popular is the name Tana?
Tana was the 17017th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 655th with 241 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 9,441 places. More babies were named Tana in the 1960s than in any other decade.
Is Tana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tana in the US.