How Many People Are Named Tanaya?
An estimated 2,045 people in the United States have the first name Tanaya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 28 years old, and Tanaya peaked in popularity in 2005 with 103 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tanaya 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 Tanaya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,045
About 1 in 167,606 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
28
years old
Peak Year
2005
103 births
Total Registered
2,113
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tanaya
Tanaya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,113 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tanaya as a female name
Ranked #8,348 in 2024
13 female births in 2024
Peak: 2005 (103 births)
Tanaya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tanaya span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 771 babies were registered. Tanaya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tanaya by Decade
How has Tanaya 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.
Tanaya by State
Birth registrations for Tanaya span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Pennsylvania. The lowest are in Mississippi, Kentucky, Tennessee. On average, about 37 Tanayas were registered per state.
Tanaya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tanaya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tanaya
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tanaya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tanaya?
We estimate approximately 2,045 people named Tanaya 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 167,606 Americans share this first name.
Is Tanaya a common name?
Tanaya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,113 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tanaya most popular?
Tanaya reached peak popularity in 2005, when 103 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tanaya is approximately 28 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tanaya a female name?
Tanaya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tanaya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tanaya Smith, Tanaya Johnson, Tanaya 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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