Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Taniqua

#9,814 most common girls' name of all time · #16,331 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1974–2002

Rank among girls
#9,814
Rank overall
#16,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
29 of 146
All-time
605
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1991 #1,995
Best rank
#1,995 1991
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
19802000

Taniqua first appears in 1974. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2002 7 7 #12,622
2001 8 8 #11,377
2000 6 6 #13,735
1999 5 5 #15,141
1998 7 7 #11,616
1997 11 11 #8,004
1996 13 13 #6,927
1995 28 28 #3,845
1994 35 35 #3,285
1993 55 55 #2,345
1992 62 62 #2,182
1991 70 70 #1,995
1990 48 48 #2,516
1989 23 23 #4,212
1988 18 18 #4,796
1987 20 20 #4,248
1986 30 30 #3,128
1985 16 16 #4,817
1984 18 18 #4,297
1983 27 27 #3,141
1982 13 13 #5,486
1981 16 16 #4,722
1980 14 14 #5,205
1979 11 11 #6,100
1978 15 15 #4,657
1977 6 6 #9,296
1976 8 8 #7,203
1975 9 9 #6,462
1974 6 6 #8,745