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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tanesha

Tanesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 620th with 280 babies. More babies were named Tanesha 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
1983280 babies
Total since 1880
5,307babies recorded

Tanesha popularity since 1880

0125250375500 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#14,7997
2000#2,93549
1990#810246
1980#756220
1970#5,02711
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tanesha, counting every spelling?

Tanesha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tanesha?

About 5,100 people born in the US named Tanesha are alive today, with a median age of 40; half are between 34 and 46. That makes Tanesha 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.

Tanesha by state

How common Tanesha was among girls born in each state in 1981–1985, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Alabama (3.1×), Arkansas (2.7×), Georgia (2.1×), Illinois (2.0×), Michigan (2.0×). In 25 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: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWI0.04Vermont: 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: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesIL0.28Michigan: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesMI0.27New York: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNY0.16Massachusetts: 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: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesIN0.11Ohio: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOH0.15Pennsylvania: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesPA0.16New Jersey: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.24Connecticut: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesCT0.07Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMO0.13Kentucky: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesKY0.11West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesVA0.15Maryland: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMD0.12Delaware: 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: 0.38 per 1,000 babiesAR0.38Tennessee: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTN0.12North Carolina: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesNC0.18South Carolina: 0.27 per 1,000 babiesSC0.27District of Columbia: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesDC0.35Oklahoma: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOK0.07Louisiana: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesLA0.14Mississippi: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesMS0.21Alabama: 0.44 per 1,000 babiesAL0.44Georgia: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesGA0.29Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesTX0.12Florida: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesFL0.20
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tanesha, girls, 1981–1985. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Tanesha

How popular is the name Tanesha?

Tanesha was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1983, when it ranked 620th with 280 babies. More babies were named Tanesha in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Tanesha a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 5,307 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tanesha most popular?

In 1981–1985, Tanesha was most common in Alabama (0.44 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and District of Columbia.