Is Tanay a boy or girl name?

Tanay is a unisex name. Of the 904 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 36.6% were girls and 63.4% were boys. It changed hands in 2002, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tanay

Recorded 1977–2025 · United States

Tanay was most popular in 2007, when 50 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,732 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 904 people named Tanay.

Tanay over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tanay’s peak in 2007. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tanay a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tanay is a unisex name — 36.6% of the 904 Americans given it were girls and 63.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 2002 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Tanay

Where Tanay is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.1×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org