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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Tanis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Tanis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Tanis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Tanis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Tanis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Tanis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Tanis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Tanis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1935 8 0.000003828 8 100%
1937 8 0.000003755 8 100%
1939 9 0.000004085 9 100%
1941 8 0.000003283 8 100%
1942 6 0.000002196 6 100%
1943 12 0.000004251 12 100%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 100%
1945 12 0.000004523 12 100%
1946 13 0.000004068 13 100%
1947 25 0.00000694 25 100%
1948 43 0.000012455 38 5 77%
1949 30 0.000008609 30 100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 100%
1951 33 0.000008958 33 100%
1952 27 0.000007109 27 100%
1953 17 0.000004411 17 100%
1954 24 0.000006029 24 100%
1955 7 0.000001743 7 100%
1956 15 0.000003638 15 100%
1957 17 0.000004046 17 100%
1958 15 0.000003629 15 100%
1959 19 0.00000457 14 5 47%
1960 10 0.000002407 10 100%
1961 15 0.000003621 15 100%
1962 12 0.000002974 12 100%
1963 12 0.000003032 12 100%
1964 27 0.000006945 27 100%
1965 12 0.00000331 12 100%
1966 16 0.000004603 16 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 13 0.000003848 13 100%
1969 13 0.000003741 13 100%
1970 24 0.000006655 24 100%
1971 20 0.000005827 20 100%
1972 32 0.000010181 32 100%
1973 14 0.000004641 14 100%
1974 25 0.000008224 25 100%
1975 18 0.000005961 18 100%
1976 18 0.000005932 18 100%
1977 17 0.000005352 17 100%
1978 19 0.000005986 19 100%
1979 17 0.00000511 17 100%
1980 10 0.000002903 10 100%
1981 15 0.000004336 15 100%
1982 14 0.000003991 14 100%
1983 13 0.000003754 13 100%
1984 19 0.000005446 12 7 26%
1986 11 0.000003092 11 100%
1987 11 0.000003051 11 100%
1988 23 0.000006225 11 12 -4%
1989 14 0.000003642 5 9 -29%
1990 17 0.000004301 9 8 6%
1991 22 0.000005648 6 16 -45%
1992 28 0.000007289 12 16 -14%
1993 15 0.000003978 15 -100%
1994 20 0.00000538 7 13 -30%
1995 27 0.000007373 6 21 -56%
1996 22 0.000006032 6 16 -45%
1997 36 0.000009929 9 27 -50%
1998 37 0.000010059 9 28 -51%
1999 32 0.000008663 8 24 -50%
2000 40 0.000010582 10 30 -50%
2001 36 0.000009617 10 26 -44%
2002 28 0.00000749 9 19 -36%
2003 27 0.000007101 6 21 -56%
2004 25 0.000006543 7 18 -44%
2005 32 0.000008323 7 25 -56%
2006 19 0.000004803 5 14 -47%
2007 22 0.000005503 9 13 -18%
2008 30 0.000007632 7 23 -53%
2009 19 0.000004974 7 12 -26%
2010 14 0.000003788 5 9 -29%
2011 21 0.000005741 6 15 -43%
2012 11 0.000003008 11 -100%
2013 11 0.000003017 11 -100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 -100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 -100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 -100%
2017 7 0.000001957 7 -100%
2018 6 0.000001707 6 -100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 -100%
2020 5 0.000001497 5 -100%
2021 5 0.000001476 5 100%
2022 5 0.000001478 5 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 6 6 0%

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