Taneisha
Taneisha is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1990113 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1971
- 2,038people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,038 girls have been named Taneisha in the United States since 1971, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 113 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 113 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1987, and the 1980s alone account for 46%.
By decade
In 1990, its biggest year
Taneisha was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1990 were Jessica, Ashley, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1990.
Names that rose and fell with Taneisha
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jessicapeak 1987
- Katipeak 1986
- Amberpeak 1986
- Tieshapeak 1991
- Latiapeak 1987
- Kasipeak 1988
- Terricapeak 1990
- Nieshapeak 1991
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.