Tanith

Girls' name

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Tanith has been given to 122 babies in the U.S. since 1974. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2006, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Tanith, 2011

1 in 523,000

Tanith 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tanith: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning uncertain in the cited reference

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tanith means

Tanith is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Tanith is used in Semitic Mythology.

Origin, language, and formation

Tanith is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 122 girls were recorded with the name Tanith between 1974 and 2011. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2006; its best national rank was #7,112 in 2006.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Tanith?

Tanith had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2011, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2011: 1 in 523,000; 7 of 3,657,935 births
Among girls only: 1 in 251,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2011: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 362,214 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Tanith 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 2011 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 362,214 children born in 2011 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tanith. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taniths were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tanith was born before 2002 — so the typical Tanith is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 35.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 122; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 35.2% of all recorded uses (43).

Is Tanith 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: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2006 (18)
Years since peak: 19; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 66.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,112; 2006

Spellings of Tanith

Tanith is not the most common spelling — Anita is, with 40.1% against Tanith's 0.02%.

Anita40.1%215,165
Faith27.5%147,851
Tabitha11.0%59,200
Tania5.4%28,891
Tanisha3.6%19,340
Danita1.4%7,516
Taniya0.95%5,101
Janeth0.89%4,792

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.

Tanith around the world

Where Tanith 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 & Wales
1996–2019
#4,001
in 2019
South Australia
1948–1999
#729
in 1999

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Tanith by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #7,112; 2006
Peak year: 2006; 18 that year
First recorded: 1974
Last recorded: 2011
All-time count: 122
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Tanith

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

Tanvika Tanyla Taneia Taneal Tanaka Tanina Taneil Tannie Lylith Tanaia Tanise Tanisa Tangia Tanara Tanzie Taneah Tanice Tanish Tanari Tansy Tanesa Tannya Tanica Tanekia

Sibling names for Tanith

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

Melia Jazmyne Jayna Nyasia Lanie Estefany Sanaa Grecia

For a brother

Paulo Yair Lavon Deshaun Oswaldo Nathen Britton Mauro

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