How Many People Are Named Tanaja?
An estimated 270 people in the United States have the first name Tanaja. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 25 years old, and Tanaja peaked in popularity in 2006 with 25 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tanaja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tanaja paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
270
About 1 in 1,269,461 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
25
years old
Peak Year
2006
25 births
Total Registered
276
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tanaja
Tanaja is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 276 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tanaja as a female name
Ranked #14,695 in 2011
7 female births in 2011
Peak: 2006 (25 births)
Tanaja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tanaja span from the 1980s to the 2010s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 157 babies were registered. Tanaja has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tanaja by Decade
How has Tanaja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tanaja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tanaja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tanaja
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Tanaja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tanaja?
We estimate approximately 270 people named Tanaja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,269,461 Americans share this first name.
Is Tanaja a common name?
Tanaja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 276 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tanaja most popular?
Tanaja reached peak popularity in 2006, when 25 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tanaja is approximately 25 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tanaja a female name?
Tanaja is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tanaja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tanaja Smith, Tanaja Johnson, Tanaja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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