Tanisha
Tanisha is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 318th, in 1982.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1982758 births
- Best rank
- #318in 1982
- Since 1967
- 19,322people given the name
The story in the numbers
19,322 girls have been named Tanisha in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 758 births.
The name has all but left use: 25 births in 2024, against 758 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1985, and the 1980s alone account for 35%. It has spent 29 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Tanisha was the 318th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Tanisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lashawnapeak 1982
- Meshapeak 1980
- Tameshapeak 1985
- Nicolepeak 1985
- Shantellpeak 1987
- Talishapeak 1989
- Brandeepeak 1975
- Nichollepeak 1994
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.