How Many People Are Named Tania?
An estimated 26,871 people in the United States have the first name Tania. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Tania peaked in popularity in 1993 with 857 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tania 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 Tania paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- While Tania is overwhelmingly female, 61 male births have been registered with this name since 1880.
Estimated Living Americans
26,871
About 1 in 12,756 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Uncommon
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1993
857 births
Total Registered
28,857
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tania
Tania is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 28,857 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Tania as a male name
Ranked #8,758 in 1995
6 male births in 1995
Peak: 1993 (11 births)
Tania as a female name
Ranked #1,932 in 2024
103 female births in 2024
Peak: 1993 (846 births)
Tania: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tania span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 6,179 babies were registered. Tania has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tania by Decade
How has Tania 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.
Tania by State
Birth registrations for Tania span all 47 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in New Hampshire, Idaho, Delaware. On average, about 534 Tanias were registered per state.
Tania + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tania as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tania
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tania: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tania?
We estimate approximately 26,871 people named Tania 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 12,756 Americans share this first name.
Is Tania a common name?
Tania is classified as "Uncommon" and is more popular than 98.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 28,857 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tania most popular?
Tania reached peak popularity in 1993, when 857 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tania is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tania a female name?
Tania is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tania Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tania Smith, Tania Johnson, Tania 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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