Tanya

Girl name

Tanya has been given to 117,260 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It peaked in 1974.

Meaning & origin /ˈtɑːnjə/

Borrowed in the twentieth century from the Russian pet form Та́ня (Tánja) of Татья́на (Tatʹjána, “Tatiana”).

Short form of Tatiana<qq:from Russian>,Tetyana<qq:from Ukrainian>

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

117,260

Peak year

1974 (6,038 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1914

10-year trend

▼ -62%

Gender split

100% girls / 0% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tanya.

120,856 babies since 1923

113,455 babies since 1901

131,703 babies since 1917

101,731 babies since 1895

100,536 babies since 1886

134,038 babies since 1880

134,743 babies since 1899

136,159 babies since 1880

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