Tamani

#9,399 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Tamani has been given to 155 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #9,399 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2000, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Tamani, 2025

1 in 301,000

Tamani over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tamani: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tamani means

Tamani is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Tamani is used in Thao.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 155 girls were recorded with the name Tamani between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2000; its best national rank was #9,097 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,915 in 2020 to #9,399 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,782 in 2015 to #9,399 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Tamani?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 301,000; 11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 146,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #9,399; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 208,901 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tamani sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tamani. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tamanis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tamani was born before 2009 — so the typical Tamani is around 16 today.

Median birth year: 2009; About 16 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 43.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 81.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 155; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 43.2% of all recorded uses (67).

Is Tamani rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: +5,516; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,383; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.10×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2000 (11)
Years since peak: 25; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #9,097; 2000

Spellings of Tamani

Tamani is not the most common spelling — Tamara is, with 35.7% against Tamani's 0.04%.

Tamara35.7%131,286
Tami10.3%37,927
Imani7.6%27,817
Amari5.8%21,288
Alani5.1%18,799
Tammi3.8%13,884
Amani3.7%13,440
Armani3.3%12,033

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Tamani by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #9,399
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 5,516
Best rank ever: #9,097; 2000
Peak year: 2000; 11 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 155
Count in 2025: 11

Names similar to Tamani

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Tamzin Ellani Tameia Kiyani Halani Navani Solani Sayani Yolani Tamlyn Eilani Emmani Tamrah Makani Leyani Savani Dhwani Rubani Azhani Tamyka Eshani Kasani Tamsyn Allani

Sibling names for Tamani

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Madisen Gabriel Sydnie Destiney Reanna Alysa Cydney Sydni

For a brother

Jarod Garret Samual Donavon Shamar Aaden Coty Brandan

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