Tanisha

Where Tanisha comes from

The dictionaries list Tanisha as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1967
    First appearance
    #6,804 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #318
    758 babies named Tanisha — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1983
    Tanisha Wright born
    American basketball player
  4. 1997
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #728.
  5. 2003
    Tanisha Crasto born
    Indian badminton player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Tanisha Crasto · Indian badminton player, born 2003
  • Tanisha Wright · American basketball player, born 1983
  • Tanisha Lynn · American actress, born 1978
  • Tanisha Harper · American actress and model, born 1985
  • Tanisha Scott · Canadian choreographer

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.