Recorded 1967–2025 · United States
Tanisha was most popular in 1982, when 758 American babies were given the name — ranking #602 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 19,361 people named Tanisha.
Tanisha first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1967, which makes it about 58 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 59 of the 59 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 19,361 American births named Tanisha 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 18,769 are estimated to be alive today.
17 American babies were named Tanisha in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Tanisha is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 65 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -68% over the decade.
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 Tanisha is a girl’s name — 99.9% of the 19,361 Americans given it were girls and 0.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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 18,769 Americans named Tanisha are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 41 years old, and half are between 33 and 48.
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