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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Taneka

Taneka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1242nd with 106 babies. More babies were named Taneka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1982106 babies
Total since 1880
1,519babies recorded

Taneka popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#7,53514
1990#2,37153
1980#1,39490
1970#5,02611
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Taneka, counting every spelling?

Taneka has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Taneka?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Taneka are alive today, with a median age of 44; half are between 38 and 49. That makes Taneka mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Taneka by state

How common Taneka was among girls born in each state in 1980–1984, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Maryland (4.2×), North Carolina (3.4×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesOH0.03Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesCA0.02Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMD0.20Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNC0.16South Carolina: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesSC0.06District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesGA0.07Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Taneka, girls, 1980–1984. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Taneka

How popular is the name Taneka?

Taneka was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1242nd with 106 babies. More babies were named Taneka in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Taneka a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,519 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Taneka most popular?

In 1980–1984, Taneka was most common in Maryland (0.20 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Georgia.