Tanisha
Tanisha was the 6802nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 318th with 758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,627 places. More babies were named Tanisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,802 girls, down 1,503 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1982758 babies
- Total since 1880
- 19,361babies recorded
Tanisha popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 21 since 1977.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,802 | 17 |
| 2020 | #5,299 | 24 |
| 2010 | #1,896 | 107 |
| 2000 | #1,209 | 165 |
| 1990 | #387 | 681 |
| 1980 | #325 | 751 |
| 1970 | #977 | 129 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tanisha, counting every spelling?
Tanisha has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Tanisha?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tanisha (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tanisha 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 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tanisha.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tanisha?
About 18,700 people born in the US named Tanisha are alive today, with a median age of 41; half are between 33 and 48. That makes Tanisha 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.
Tanisha by state
How common Tanisha was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tanisha: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tanisha, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Tanisha
How popular is the name Tanisha?
Tanisha was the 6802nd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 318th with 758 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,627 places. More babies were named Tanisha in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Tanisha a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tanisha in the US.
Where is Tanisha most popular?
In 2021–2025, Tanisha was most common in New York (0.01 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Florida.