Tanja

Girl · recorded 1943–2007

  • 2007last recorded
  • 1972best year

Most popular in 1972.

Last recorded in 2007. 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 Tanja.

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Its story

Popularity since 1943

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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 57 recorded years as a table
Tanja, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19434
19473
19505
19516
19525
19537
19546
19559
195611
195717
195820
195920
196035
196141
196234
196348
196455
196550
196660
196767
196867
196975
197088
197176
197288
197362
197471
197549
197647
197731
197845
197937
198028
198122
198218
198327
198421
198518
198619
198713
198815
198911
199013
19916
199212
19937
19948
19956
19964
19975
19986
19993
20014
20023
20043
20063
20074

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tanja 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

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2007
7
Rank in 2007
#13,924
How rare
1 in 274,659 girls
Since 1943
2,580

Tanja was last recorded in 2007. 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 1972, at 88 per million girls born.

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

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