girls' name ★ peaked 1993

Tania

Meaning A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana and Tetyana Gender Girl Rank 2025 #2,050 Trend ↓ Falling 23%

A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana and Tetyana.

Rank 2025
#2,050
among girls · ↓110 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
93
named Tania · -10% vs 2024
How common
1 in 17,282
girls born in 2025
Peak year
1993
857 babies
All-time total
28,952
#855 all-time among girls
First recorded
1918
in Social Security records

Tania popularity over time

28,952 babies have been named Tania since 1918, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s 5 – 5 1 – #5,498
1920s 11 – 11 1 +120% #4,910
1930s 83 – 83 8 +655% #1,989
1940s 234 – 234 23 +182% #1,437
1950s 576 – 576 58 +146% #1,035
1960s 2,864 – 2,864 286 +397% #431
1970s 5,932 5 5,937 594 +107% #312
1980s 4,249 18 4,267 427 -28% #432
1990s 6,120 38 6,158 616 +44% #316
2000s 6,179 – 6,179 618 0% #412
2010s 1,964 – 1,964 196 -68% #885
2020s (to 2025) 674 – 674 112 -43% #1,607

Where Tania is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 89 0.06 outside top 500
2027 85 0.05 outside top 500
2028 82 0.05 outside top 500
2029 80 0.05 outside top 500
2030 78 0.05 outside top 500

Where Tania is most popular

Girls named Tania per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.067 per 1,000. Strongest in California, Texas, and Florida.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Tania born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
California 103 0.123 +83%
Texas 93 0.116 +73%
Florida 36 0.084 +26%
New Jersey 12 0.066 ≈ national
Georgia 15 0.066 ≈ national
Virginia 11 0.065 ≈ national
Tennessee 10 0.063 -6%
Maryland 5 0.047 -30%
New York 17 0.043 -36%
Indiana 5 0.036 -47%
North Carolina 6 0.026 -61%
Pennsylvania 5 0.021 -68%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Arizona – – –
Colorado – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Illinois – – –
Kansas – – –
Kentucky – – –
Louisiana – – –
Massachusetts – – –
Maine – – –
Michigan – – –
Minnesota – – –
Missouri – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Nevada – – –
Ohio – – –
Oklahoma – – –
Oregon – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Carolina – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
Washington – – –
Wisconsin – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Tania

Tania is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #2,050 in 2025 with 93 babies given the name. It is currently declining compared with a decade ago.

Since 1918, 28,952 American babies have been named Tania. Its peak came in 1993, when 857 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 1990s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Tania stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Tania?

The median living Tania is about 34 years old; half are between 23 and 49. An estimated 28 thousand people named Tania are alive in the United States today.

median 34 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Tania year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 93 #2,050 – –
2024 103 #1,940 – –
2023 125 #1,668 – –
2022 117 #1,774 – –
2021 105 #1,896 – –
2020 131 #1,607 – –
2019 142 #1,527 – –
2018 160 #1,404 – –
2017 187 #1,266 – –
2016 153 #1,495 – –
2015 155 #1,487 – –
2014 192 #1,260 – –
2013 195 #1,236 – –
2012 237 #1,064 – –
2011 243 #1,030 – –
2010 300 #885 – –
2009 402 #723 – –
2008 504 #608 – –
2007 609 #518 – –
2006 718 #444 – –
2005 645 #477 – –
2004 636 #466 – –
2003 716 #419 – –
2002 702 #412 – –
2001 642 #432 – –
2000 605 #460 – –
1995 542 #466 6 #8,760
1990 498 #489 10 #5,326
1985 400 #506 – –
1980 502 #432 – –
1975 699 #325 – –
1970 511 #431 – –
1965 263 #590 – –
1960 130 #938 – –
1955 54 #1,369 – –
1950 46 #1,362 – –
1945 19 #1,984 – –
1940 10 #2,936 – –
1935 14 #2,294 – –
1930 6 #4,504 – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – – –
1915 – – – –
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Tania

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Tania Raymonde Tania Raymonde American actress (born 1988) Contemporary
  2. 2 Tania Mallet Tania Mallet British actress and model (1941–2019) Contemporary
  3. 3 Tania Sachdev Tania Sachdev Indian chess player (born 1986) Contemporary
  4. 4 Tania Cagnotto Tania Cagnotto Italian diver (born 1985) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Tania, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Tania?

The median living Tania is about 34 years old. Half of all living Tanias are between 23 and 49 years old.

How many people named Tania are alive today?

An estimated 28 thousand people named Tania are alive in the United States, based on 28,952 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Tania mean?

A diminutive of the female given names Tatiana and Tetyana.

How popular is the name Tania in 2025?

Tania ranked #2,050 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 93 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Tania?

28,952 babies have been named Tania in the United States since 1918, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Tania most popular?

Tania peaked in 1993, when 857 newborns received the name.

Is Tania a boy or girl name?

Tania is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Tania rising or falling?

Tania is declining, less popular now than a decade ago.

Will Tania become more popular?

Tania is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 78 girls named Tania in 2030, which would rank outside the top 500. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Tania?

Well-known people named Tania include Tania Raymonde (actor), Tania Mallet (actor), Tania Sachdev (chess player).

Names like Tania

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