How popular is the name Taniya?

Taniya ranks 1,449th among girls' names in US records, with 9,596 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,217.

Is Taniya a unisex name?

No. Taniya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2006, when 759 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Taniyah, Tanija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,449 of girl names

Pronounced T AA1 N IY0 Y AA1 (ARPABET)

Taniya is a girls' name, and first appears in 1969. It has been given to 9,596 children — the 1,449th most common girls' name on record.

It is falling away, down 76% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 2006, when 759 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Taniyah and Tanija — because they are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Taniya and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

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

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

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

How popular is the name Taniya?: Taniya ranks 1,449th among girls' names in US records, with 9,596 births since 1969. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,217.
Is Taniya a unisex name?: No. Taniya is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Taniya most popular?: 2006, when 759 children were given the name. It has been in use for 56 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Taniya spelled?: Taniyah, Tanija. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.