Is Tanis a boy or girl name?

Tanis is a unisex name. Of the 1,529 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.0% were girls and 35.0% were boys. It changed hands in 1992, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Tanis

Recorded 1926–2024 · United States

Tanis was most popular in 1948, when 43 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,405 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,529 people named Tanis.

Tanis over time

Births per year. The dot marks Tanis’s peak in 1948. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Tanis a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Tanis is a unisex name — 65.0% of the 1,529 Americans given it were girls and 35.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 1992 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% 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.

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