Tanna

Girl · recorded 1943–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1979best year

Most popular in 1979.

Last recorded in 2023. 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 Tanna.

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Its story

Popularity since 1943

0295719431963198320032023

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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 80 recorded years as a table
Tanna, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
194312
194411
194514
194618
194716
194819
194919
195016
195117
195212
195314
195413
195513
195620
195720
195820
195923
196023
196118
196227
196334
196427
196528
196622
196727
196830
196928
197027
197123
197231
197325
197425
197529
197627
197725
197825
197957
198049
198140
198234
198331
198437
198540
198633
198739
198833
198928
199038
199131
199235
199332
199422
199529
199633
199738
199837
199938
200033
200127
200229
200327
200426
200524
200623
200718
200814
200912
201012
201110
201211
20137
20148
20159
20175
20184
20194
20204
20214
20226
20233

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tanna 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
5
Rank in 2023
#15,194
How rare
1 in 320,916 girls
Since 1943
3,236

Tanna was last recorded in 2023. 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 1979, at 57 per million girls born.

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

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