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Girl name

Tanyah

100% girls · last recorded 2022

Tanyah has been given to about 321 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2004, which makes it a millennial-parent name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 318
Median age today20 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Tanyah per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year2004 · 36
  • Born in 20250
  • All time321

How popular is Tanyah?

Its best year was 2004, when 36 babies were given the name, ranking 3983rd. The typical living American called Tanyah is about 20 years old today.

Names that sound like Tanyah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Taniyah0.92
  2. Janiyah0.80
  3. Aniyah0.79
  4. Taliyah0.80
  5. Zaniyah0.80
  6. Saniyah0.80
  7. Tanya0.78
  8. Janiah0.79

Middle names for Tanyah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Tanyah Eve0.80
  2. Tanyah Elizabeth0.78
  3. Tanyah Josephine0.78
  4. Tanyah Anne0.78
  5. Tanyah Rose0.77
  6. Tanyah Louise0.77

Sibling names for Tanyah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Brayanbrother · 0.76
  2. Isabelasister · 0.73
  3. Hallesister · 0.72
  4. Anahisister · 0.72
  5. Campbelleither · 0.68
  6. Jaylenbrother · 0.68

Where Tanyah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Tanyah Anderson0.74
    2. Tanyah White0.72
    3. Tanyah Reyes0.72
    4. Tanyah Nguyen0.72
    5. Tanyah Moore0.72
    6. Tanyah Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Tanyah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.