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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tanis

Tanis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1517th with 38 babies. More babies were named Tanis in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
50% girls, 50% boys2021–2025
Peak year
194838 babies
Total since 1880
1,529babies recorded

Tanis popularity since 1880

012.52537.550 1900192019401960198020002020
GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025————
2020—#13,816—5
2010#19,565#8,71359
2000#9,813#2,9831030
1990#9,170#6,34698
1980#6,740—10—
1970#2,929—24—
1960#4,419—10—
1950#2,423—18—
1940————
1930————
1920————
1910————
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1890————
1880————

How popular is Tanis, counting every spelling?

Tanis has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tanis?

About 800 people born in the US named Tanis are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 42 and 70. That makes Tanis 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.

Tanis by state

How common Tanis was among girls born in each state in 1946–1950, around its peak. In 50 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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesNY0.01Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 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: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: 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: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: 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: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District 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: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tanis, girls, 1946–1950. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Tanis: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tanis, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Tanis

How popular is the name Tanis?

Tanis was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1948, when it ranked 1517th with 38 babies. More babies were named Tanis in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Tanis a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 50% girls, 50% boys given the name Tanis in the US.

Where was Tanis most popular?

In 1946–1950, Tanis was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls).