Tanika
Tanika is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 558th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1982314 births
- Best rank
- #558in 1976
- Since 1968
- 4,522people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,522 girls have been named Tanika in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1982, with 314 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 314 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1982, and the 1970s alone account for 40%. It has spent 11 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1982, its biggest year
Tanika was the 582nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1982 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1982.
Names that rose and fell with Tanika
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lakieshapeak 1979
- Tanekapeak 1982
- Nikishapeak 1977
- Nakeshapeak 1979
- Lashanapeak 1979
- Brandypeak 1981
- Lakeishapeak 1979
- Tameikapeak 1977
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.