Tanaka

Girl · recorded 1972–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Tanaka.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1972

051019721980198819962004

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 14 recorded years as a table
Tanaka, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19724
197310
197410
19758
197610
19778
197810
19795
19803
19813
19835
19913
20023
20043

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tanaka isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Tanaka

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
5
Rank in 2004
#16,099
How rare
1 in 367,250 girls
Since 1972
129

Tanaka was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 10 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Tanaka doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.