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How popular is the name Tanya?
Births per year, rank history and how many Tanyas are alive today.
Tanya (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2278th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 300 babies were given the name, the 91st most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 4% of its peak. At least 7,600 babies have been named Tanya in England and Wales since 1974. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Tanya is one spelling of a name also recorded as Tania; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Tanya you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Tanyas born in England and Wales are between 30 and 49, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Tanya.
How many babies are named Tanya each year?
Includes all spellings: Tanya, Tania. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Tanya spelling rank?
Where does the Tania spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tanya most popular?
Tanya peaked in 1984, when around 300 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Tanya?
At least 10,000 people named Tanya in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tanya?
Most living Tanyas are between 30 and 49; the most common age is about 42.
Is Tanya becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.