Tanner

Where Tanner comes from

The dictionaries list Tanner as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1913
    First appearance
    #2,496 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1998
    Tanner Buchanan born
    American actor
  3. 1998
    Peak, #82
    4,704 babies named Tanner — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2001
    Tanner Tessmann born
    American soccer player
  5. 2010
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #176.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
Namesakes
  • Tanner Buchanan · American actor, born 1998
  • Tanner Tessmann · American soccer player, born 2001
  • Tanner Mayes · American pornographic actress, born 1989
  • Tanner Cohen · American actor and singer, born 1986
  • Tanner Pearson · Canadian ice hockey player, born 1992

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.