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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Tanja

Tanja was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 875th with 153 babies. More babies were named Tanja in the 1960s 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
1970153 babies
Total since 1880
2,580babies recorded

Tanja 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——
1990#4,10625
1980#2,18347
1970#875153
1960#1,31171
1950#4,2808
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Tanja, counting every spelling?

Tanja has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Tanja?

About 2,400 people born in the US named Tanja are alive today, with a median age of 55; half are between 48 and 61. That makes Tanja 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.

Tanja by state

How common Tanja was among girls born in each state in 1968–1972, around its peak. In 34 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesWA0.05Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMN0.13Illinois: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesIL0.07Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesNY0.07Massachusetts: 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: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesOH0.07Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.06Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesCA0.12Utah: 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: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesVA0.08Maryland: 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: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesTN0.05North Carolina: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesNC0.04South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesLA0.12Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesAL0.11Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesTX0.08Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Tanja, girls, 1968–1972. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Tanja

How popular is the name Tanja?

Tanja was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1970, when it ranked 875th with 153 babies. More babies were named Tanja in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Tanja a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 2,580 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Tanja most popular?

In 1968–1972, Tanja was most common in Minnesota (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by Louisiana and California.