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.

Tanis**

#5,318 most common girls' name of all time · #9,014 across all names · 35% male / 65% female · used 1926–2024 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#5,318
Rank overall
#9,014 of 105,966
First appeared
1926
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
1,529
Since 2016
52
Peak year
1948 #1,515
Best rank
#1,515 1948
Girls Boys peak 43/yr
19401960198020002020

Tanis first appears in 1926. 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
2024 6 6 12 #13,675
2022 5 5
2021 5 5 #15,520
2020 5 5
2019 5 5
2018 6 6
2017 7 7
2016 7 7
2015 9 9
2014 10 10
2013 11 11
2012 11 11
2011 6 15 21 #14,993
2010 5 9 14 #17,227
2009 7 12 19 #13,868
2008 7 23 30 #14,000
2007 9 13 22 #11,740
2006 5 14 19 #17,450
2005 7 25 32 #13,169
2004 7 18 25 #12,919
2003 6 21 27 #14,066
2002 9 19 28 #10,346
2001 10 26 36 #9,447
2000 10 30 40 #9,280
1999 8 24 32 #10,480
1998 9 28 37 #9,388
1997 9 27 36 #9,143
1996 6 16 22 #12,014
1995 6 21 27 #11,992
1994 7 13 20 #10,779
1993 15 15
1992 12 16 28 #7,143
1991 6 16 22 #11,749
1990 9 8 17 #8,629
1989 5 9 14 #12,665
1988 11 12 23 #6,763
1987 11 11 #6,430
1986 11 11 #6,266
1984 12 7 19 #5,631
1983 13 13 #5,230
1982 14 14 #5,019
1981 15 15 #4,803
1980 10 10 #6,424
1979 17 17 #4,296
1978 19 19 #3,831
1977 17 17 #4,113
1976 18 18 #3,723
1975 18 18 #3,680
1974 25 25 #2,865
1973 14 14 #4,219
1972 32 32 #2,333
1971 20 20 #3,308
1970 24 24 #2,896
1969 13 13 #4,051
1968 13 13 #3,883
1967 16 16 #3,271
1966 16 16 #3,207
1965 12 12 #3,836
1964 27 27 #2,387
1963 12 12 #3,909
1962 12 12 #3,889
1961 15 15 #3,392
1960 10 10 #4,323
1959 14 5 19 #3,351
1958 15 15 #3,172
1957 17 17 #2,891
1956 15 15 #3,124
1955 7 7 #4,988
1954 24 24 #2,225
1953 17 17 #2,660
1952 27 27 #1,964
1951 33 33 #1,694
1950 18 18 #2,421
1949 30 30 #1,761
1948 38 5 43 #1,515
1947 25 25 #1,985
1946 13 13 #2,844
1945 12 12 #2,710
1944 15 15 #2,380
1943 12 12 #2,832
1942 6 6 #4,487
1941 8 8 #3,519
1939 9 9 #3,110
1937 8 8 #3,401
1935 8 8 #3,401
1926 6 6