Tanay**
#5,114 most common boys' name of all time · #12,655 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1977–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,114
Rank overall
#12,655 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
904
Since 2016
179
Peak year
2007 #3,064
Best rank
#2,934 2005
Girls
Boys
peak 50/yr
Tanay first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,850 |
| 2024 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,937 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #6,037 |
| 2022 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,293 |
| 2021 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,872 |
| 2020 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,764 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,669 |
| 2018 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,184 |
| 2017 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,998 |
| 2016 | 6 | 32 | 38 | #3,487 |
| 2015 | 7 | 26 | 33 | #4,029 |
| 2014 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,144 |
| 2013 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #3,707 |
| 2012 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,320 |
| 2011 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,573 |
| 2010 | 5 | 23 | 28 | #4,292 |
| 2009 | — | 33 | 33 | #3,372 |
| 2008 | 5 | 27 | 32 | #3,876 |
| 2007 | 12 | 38 | 50 | #3,064 |
| 2006 | 6 | 25 | 31 | #3,955 |
| 2005 | 5 | 36 | 41 | #2,934 |
| 2004 | 11 | 17 | 28 | #4,893 |
| 2003 | 13 | 19 | 32 | #4,355 |
| 2002 | 7 | 25 | 32 | #3,506 |
| 2001 | 8 | 15 | 23 | #5,028 |
| 2000 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,746 |
| 1999 | 14 | 7 | 21 | #8,214 |
| 1998 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #7,943 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1994 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1993 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1992 | 30 | — | 30 | — |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | — |
| 1989 | 14 | — | 14 | — |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 1987 | 13 | — | 13 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | 11 | — |
| 1984 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1981 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1980 | 12 | — | 12 | — |
| 1978 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | — |