How Many People Are Named Tanza?
An estimated 144 people in the United States have the first name Tanza. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 56 years old, and Tanza peaked in popularity in 1963 with 11 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tanza 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 Tanza paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
144
About 1 in 2,380,238 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
56
years old
Peak Year
1963
11 births
Total Registered
168
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tanza
Tanza is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 168 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tanza as a female name
Ranked #8,445 in 1986
8 female births in 1986
Peak: 1963 (11 births)
Tanza: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tanza span from the 1950s to the 1980s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 71 babies were registered. While Tanza is less common than at its peak in the 1960s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Tanza by Decade
How has Tanza 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.
Tanza + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tanza as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tanza
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Tanza: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tanza?
We estimate approximately 144 people named Tanza 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 2,380,238 Americans share this first name.
Is Tanza a common name?
Tanza is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 168 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tanza most popular?
Tanza reached peak popularity in 1963, when 11 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tanza is approximately 56 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tanza a female name?
Tanza is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tanza Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tanza Smith, Tanza Johnson, Tanza 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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