Taneka
Taneka is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1982106 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1970
- 1,519people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,519 girls have been named Taneka in the United States since 1970, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 106 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 106 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1980s alone account for 42%.
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Taneka was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Taneka
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakieshapeak 1979
- Lashanapeak 1979
- Tanikapeak 1982
- Brandypeak 1981
- Lakeishapeak 1979
- Latishapeak 1979
- Nakeshapeak 1979
- Tameikapeak 1977
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.