How Many People Are Named Tanysha?
An estimated 217 people in the United States have the first name Tanysha. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 36 years old, and Tanysha peaked in popularity in 1982 with 13 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tanysha 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 Tanysha paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
217
About 1 in 1,579,513 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
36
years old
Peak Year
1982
13 births
Total Registered
228
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tanysha
Tanysha is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 228 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tanysha as a female name
Ranked #20,263 in 2007
5 female births in 2007
Peak: 1982 (13 births)
Tanysha: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tanysha span from the 1970s to the 2000s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 89 babies were registered. While Tanysha is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Tanysha by Decade
How has Tanysha 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.
Tanysha + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tanysha as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Tanysha: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tanysha?
We estimate approximately 217 people named Tanysha 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 1,579,513 Americans share this first name.
Is Tanysha a common name?
Tanysha is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 228 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tanysha most popular?
Tanysha reached peak popularity in 1982, when 13 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tanysha is approximately 36 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tanysha a female name?
Tanysha is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tanysha Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tanysha Smith, Tanysha Johnson, Tanysha 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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