Given name
Tanaya
“daughter of mine”
Tanaya is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “daughter of mine.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “daughter of mine.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanaya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,128
- 0 boys · 2,128 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 103 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #8,303 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,303 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 103 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,743 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.
Tanaya’s family of names
Tanaya has a related form in Tanayah. Tanaya has a related form in Tanayya. Tanaya has a related form in Tannaya.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tanaya
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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