# Taniya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taniya/  
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 | Russian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tania, Tanya |
| US babies named this | 5,101 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,101 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 144, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Russian. See Tanya.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 158 | 1,439 |
| 2012 | 113 | 1,806 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,723 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,068 |
| 2015 | 85 | 2,235 |
| 2016 | 62 | 2,793 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,870 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,198 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,842 |
| 2020 | 36 | 3,997 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,929 |
| 2022 | 30 | 4,663 |
| 2023 | 18 | 6,651 |
| 2024 | 15 | 7,562 |
| 2025 | 21 | 5,890 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 14 | 1,472 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,725 |
| 2005 | 11 | 1,934 |
| 2006 | 8 | 2,509 |
| 2007 | 10 | 2,233 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 4 | 4,838 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

## 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.