Given name
Tanay
“our beloved son”
Tanay is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “our beloved son.”
Original Hindiतनय
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “our beloved son.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 904
- 573 boys · 331 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 50 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,174 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,174 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 38 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,012 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.
Tanay’s family of names
Tanay has a related form in Tanae. Tanay has a related form in Tanuj. Tanay has a related form in Tanai.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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