Tanica

Girl · recorded 1972–1993

  • 1993last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 1993. 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 Tanica.

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

081519721977198319881993

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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 20 recorded years as a table
Tanica, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19723
19748
19759
197614
197715
197811
197913
19808
19819
198211
19838
19847
19856
19866
19873
19886
19895
19904
19924
19934

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tanica 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 Tanica

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1993
8
Rank in 1993
#9,559
How rare
1 in 226,133 girls
Since 1972
253

Tanica was last recorded in 1993. 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 1977, at 15 per million girls born.

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

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