# Tanesha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tanesha/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,307 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,307 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 119, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 49 | 2,935 |
| 2001 | 44 | 3,191 |
| 2002 | 22 | 5,429 |
| 2003 | 31 | 4,297 |
| 2004 | 30 | 4,593 |
| 2005 | 22 | 5,775 |
| 2006 | 26 | 5,364 |
| 2007 | 23 | 6,062 |
| 2008 | 18 | 7,384 |
| 2009 | 11 | 10,608 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,799 |
| 2011 | 10 | 11,117 |
| 2012 | 5 | 19,254 |
| 2013 | 7 | 14,448 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,851 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 15 | 1,234 |
| 1998 | 12 | 1,480 |
| 1999 | 8 | 1,970 |
| 2000 | 10 | 1,688 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2,105 |
| 2003 | 9 | 1,996 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,934 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2009 | 8 | 2,759 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.