Taniyah
Taniyah was the 3383rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 762nd with 326 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,606 places. More babies were named Taniyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,383 girls, down 639 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2003326 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,247babies recorded
Taniyah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,383 | 46 |
| 2020 | #2,744 | 61 |
| 2010 | #1,135 | 216 |
| 2000 | #2,629 | 57 |
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How popular is Taniyah, counting every spelling?
Taniyah is the most common spelling of a name family that had 67 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 67 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taniyah | 46 | #3,383 | 272 |
| Taniya | 21 | #5,890 | 122 |
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 Taniyah?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taniyah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Taniyah 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 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taniyah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taniyah?
About 4,200 people born in the US named Taniyah are alive today, with a median age of 18; half are between 13 and 22. That makes Taniyah mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Taniyah by state
How common Taniyah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 44 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
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Questions about the name Taniyah
How popular is the name Taniyah?
Taniyah was the 3383rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 762nd with 326 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,606 places. More babies were named Taniyah in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Taniyah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Taniyah in the US.
Where is Taniyah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taniyah was most common in Mississippi (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and Tennessee.