Given name
Tanuja
“my daughter”
Tanuja is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “my daughter.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “my daughter.”
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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tanuja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 584 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.
Tanuja’s family of names
Tanuja has a related form in Tanujah. Tanuja has a related form in Tanujia. Tanuja has a related form in Tanujiya.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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