Tanya comes from the Latin / Russian tradition, meaning From the Tatius family.
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How popular is Tanya?
1974peak year
The name Tanya reached its peak in 1974, with 5,996 registrations (ranked #46). It had been quietly building for over half a century before that, first appearing in records in 1914. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #2689) today, averaging about 70 new babies per year. Tanya has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 117,217 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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