# Tanja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tanja/  
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 | 2,580 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,580 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25 | 4,106 |
| 1991 | 11 | 7,934 |
| 1992 | 22 | 4,670 |
| 1993 | 12 | 7,448 |
| 1994 | 14 | 6,624 |
| 1995 | 11 | 8,024 |
| 1996 | 7 | 11,682 |
| 1997 | 9 | 9,729 |
| 1998 | 10 | 9,206 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,655 |
| 2001 | 7 | 13,360 |
| 2002 | 6 | 15,216 |
| 2004 | 5 | 18,543 |
| 2006 | 5 | 19,774 |
| 2007 | 7 | 15,319 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |

## People named Tanja

- Tanja Poutiainen, Finnish alpine skier
- Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, author from Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Tanja Karpela, Finnish politician
- Tanja Szewczenko, German figure skater
- Tanja Karišik-Košarac, Bosnian biathlete and cross-country skier
- Tanja Frank, Austrian competitive sailor
- Tanja Reichert, Canadian actress
- Tanja Damaske, German javelin thrower
- Tanja Wenzel, actress
- Tanja Dickenscheid, field hockey player
- Tanja Wedhorn, German actress

## 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.