Tanja
Tanja is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 875th, in 1970.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1970153 births
- Best rank
- #875in 1970
- Since 1943
- 2,580people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,580 girls have been named Tanja in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1970, with 153 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 153 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1970, and the 1960s alone account for 37%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1970, its biggest year
Tanja was the 875th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1970 were Jennifer, Lisa, Kimberly, Michelle and Amy. See all of 1970.
Names that rose and fell with Tanja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tamalapeak 1971
- Tracypeak 1970
- Trinapeak 1970
- Traciepeak 1970
- Jodipeak 1970
- Kimberelypeak 1970
- Twandapeak 1970
- Yolondapeak 1972
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.