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Tanisha

Pronounced T AE1 N IH0 Z HH AA1 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1982
  • 58 years in use
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How popular is Tanisha?

Tanisha is a girls' name, and first appears in 1967. It has been given to 19,648 children — the 939th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 322 births across the past decade, against a peak of 758 in a single year. That peak was in 1982.

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1982Girls: 758Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
T AE1 N IH0 Z HH AA1 · T AE1 N IH1 Z HH AA1
Stress pattern:
101 · 111
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Tanisha

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Tanisha

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Tanisha?
Tanisha ranks 939th among girls' names in US records, with 19,648 births since 1967. Over the past decade it accounts for 322.
Is Tanisha a unisex name?
No. Tanisha is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Tanisha most popular?
1982, when 758 children were given the name. It has been in use for 58 years and is still recorded as of 2024.