Given name & surname

Tanaia

Tanaia is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Tanaia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Tanaia through the years

Babies since 1880
80
0 boys · 80 girls
Most popular year
1997
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19970.0
Tanaia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1979–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2004. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Tanaia’s family of names

In Greek usage, Tanaia as a surname is a transliteration of Ταναΐα.

Walk Tanaia’s family in the name graph

TanaiaTanayaΤαναΐα

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Tanaia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Taleaha

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tyania

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tunyia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tatyanah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tavaria

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tanicha

“born on a Monday”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tityana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tayshawna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Tanaia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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