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.

Tanja

#3,785 most common girls' name of all time · #6,480 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–2007

Rank among girls
#3,785
Rank overall
#6,480 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,580
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1970 #875
Best rank
#875 1970
Girls Boys peak 153/yr
196019802000

Tanja first appears in 1943. 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
2007 7 — 7 #14,133
2006 5 — 5 #17,500
2004 5 — 5 #16,406
2002 6 — 6 #13,840
2001 7 — 7 #12,282
1999 5 — 5 #14,758
1998 10 — 10 #8,703
1997 9 — 9 #9,171
1996 7 — 7 #10,772
1995 11 — 11 #7,638
1994 14 — 14 #6,409
1993 12 — 12 #7,142
1992 22 — 22 #4,575
1991 11 — 11 #7,553
1990 25 — 25 #4,053
1989 21 — 21 #4,411
1988 26 — 26 #3,625
1987 23 — 23 #3,783
1986 33 — 33 #2,874
1985 31 — 31 #2,967
1984 35 — 35 #2,652
1983 45 — 45 #2,175
1982 31 — 31 #2,926
1981 37 — 37 #2,548
1980 47 — 47 #2,173
1979 59 — 59 #1,823
1978 69 — 69 #1,574
1977 48 — 48 #2,016
1976 69 — 69 #1,506
1975 71 — 71 #1,454
1974 104 — 104 #1,120
1973 91 — 91 #1,191
1972 134 — 134 #921
1971 126 — 126 #998
1970 153 — 153 #875
1969 126 — 126 #954
1968 110 — 110 #1,001
1967 110 — 110 #977
1966 101 — 101 #1,040
1965 88 — 88 #1,134
1964 104 — 104 #1,072
1963 92 — 92 #1,146
1962 67 — 67 #1,355
1961 82 — 82 #1,223
1960 71 — 71 #1,311
1959 40 — 40 #1,762
1958 41 — 41 #1,700
1957 34 — 34 #1,899
1956 23 — 23 #2,376
1955 18 — 18 #2,705
1954 12 — 12 #3,463
1953 14 — 14 #3,071
1952 10 — 10 #3,762
1951 10 — 10 #3,678
1950 8 — 8 #4,257
1947 5 — 5 #5,893
1943 5 — 5 #5,364