Taneka

Last seen for girls in 2012 at #16,869

Peak · girls
1982 · 106 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,519
since 1970

Taneka over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Taneka has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978peak #1,237, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2012#16,8695
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2005#13,0107
2004#16,0995
2003#12,4087
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2001#7,72413
2000#7,15814
1999#10,3458
1998#6,36015
1997#9,0179
1996#5,77116
1995#4,21724
1994#5,01619
1993#3,29034
1992#3,09137
1991#2,73843
1990#2,34553
1989#2,40848
1988#2,64640
1987#2,49341
1986#2,11650
1985#1,88259
1984#1,70364
1983#1,40084
1982#1,237106
1981#1,88757
1980#1,38090
1979#1,47181
1978#1,27596
1977#1,28691
1976#1,31682
1975#1,38176
1974#1,64656
1973#1,88544
1972#2,97622
1971#4,53412
1970#4,76111
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First appearance
1970

The first year at least five girls were named Taneka! It came in at #4,761, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Taneka
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1970
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,237 (106 births)
  • Births halved by 1986, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,957
  • Highest: 1 in 15,957 girls born in 1978 were named Taneka (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 352,211 girls born in 2012 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,237 in 1982, was only 1 in 15,975 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 42.1% of all girls named Taneka (639) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s571#1,275 (1978)#2,253
1980s639#1,237 (1982)#1,915
1990s258#2,345 (1990)#5,219
2000s46#7,158 (2000)#11,280
2010s5#16,869 (2012)#16,869

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Taneka in 1978

girls
#1,275
96 births · 1 in 15,957 girls

Top girls' names in 1978

  1. #1Jennifer56,314
  2. #2Melissa28,327
  3. #3Jessica26,102
  4. #4Amy23,213
  5. #5Heather22,270
  6. #6Amanda20,520
  7. #7Angela20,517
  8. #8Sarah19,976
  9. #9Michelle18,856
  10. #10Nicole17,279
  11. #1,275Taneka96
More about 1978

girls

1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 15,957 of them was named Taneka, which outranked 88.9% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taneka
  1. #1,265Nickole97
  2. #1,265Rolanda97
  3. #1,265Shonta97
  4. #1,275Taneka96
  5. #1,275Andra96
  6. #1,275Annamarie96
  7. #1,275Cecily96
  8. #1,281Addie95
  9. #1,281Elvia95
  10. #1,281Giselle95

Tied with 5 names at #1,275; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 4,240Aja#4,652#412
  2. 1,987Kiley#2,606#619
  3. 1,951Kylee#2,838#887
  4. 1,785Winter#2,780#995
  5. 1,620Kylie#2,026#406
Fallers
  1. 913Shalon#868#1,781
  2. 760Farah#854#1,614
  3. 519Tennille#462#981
  4. 398Shawnte#740#1,138
  5. 362Farrah#177#539

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1978