Recorded 1969–2014 · United States
Tanesha was most popular in 1983, when 280 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,100 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 5,307 people named Tanesha.
Tanesha first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 46 of the 57 years since. It was last recorded in 2014.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 5,307 American births named Tanesha between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 5,152 are estimated to be alive today.
Tanesha was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.
Tanesha is out of use. It averaged 8 births a year a decade ago and has not been recorded in the last five years.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tanesha is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 5,307 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were 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.
Roughly 5,152 Americans named Tanesha are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 40 years old, and half are between 34 and 46. That is a narrow band: Tanesha arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org