Tanay
#8,170 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Tanay has been given to 904 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #8,170 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2007, with 38 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% boys, 37% girls all-time.
Babies named Tanay, 2025
1 in 332,000
Tanay over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Tanay over time
In 2025, Tanay went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Tanay?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 332,000
- 10 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 171,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #8,170
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 229,791 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Tanay sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tanay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Tanays were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Tanay was born before 2011 — so the typical Tanay is around 14 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2000s
- 43.1% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 95.5%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 573
- People you could plausibly meet
2000s — 43.1% of all recorded uses (247).
Is Tanay 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
- +72
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −3,335
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −4,107
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.38×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 26.3%
- Peak was 2007 (38)
- Years since peak
- 18
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 24.2% average annual change
Spellings of Tanay
Tanay is not the most common spelling — Randy is, with 30.2% against Tanay's 0.05%.
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.
Where Tanay is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Tanay was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 403,990 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Illinois1 in —
- 3New Jersey1 in —
- 4Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tanay has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Tanay is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Tanay was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,851,917 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2New York1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Tanay has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Tanay around the world
Where Tanay ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- England & Wales1998–2024#2,922in 2024
- Canada2009–2024#3,231in 2024
- South Australia2007–2013#754in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Tanay by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Tanay
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Tanay
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.