# Tanner (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tanner/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtænɚ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 100,166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 97,625 / 2,541 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 219, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 3,087 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,977 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,763 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,918 |
| 2015 | 69 | 2,618 |
| 2016 | 55 | 3,056 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,189 |
| 2018 | 52 | 3,154 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,547 |
| 2020 | 44 | 3,492 |
| 2021 | 51 | 3,207 |
| 2022 | 46 | 3,466 |
| 2023 | 50 | 3,265 |
| 2024 | 51 | 3,169 |
| 2025 | 43 | 3,570 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2,139 | 182 |
| 2012 | 2,182 | 178 |
| 2013 | 2,050 | 197 |
| 2014 | 1,866 | 207 |
| 2015 | 1,715 | 224 |
| 2016 | 1,605 | 238 |
| 2017 | 1,331 | 272 |
| 2018 | 1,142 | 302 |
| 2019 | 1,019 | 328 |
| 2020 | 980 | 333 |
| 2021 | 905 | 359 |
| 2022 | 784 | 411 |
| 2023 | 721 | 432 |
| 2024 | 714 | 443 |
| 2025 | 641 | 475 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 5 | 3,478 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1,879 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Tanner

- Tanner Buchanan, American actor
- Tanner Tessmann, American soccer player
- Tanner Mayes, American pornographic actress
- Tanner Cohen, American actor and singer
- Tanner Pearson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tanner Hall, American freeskier
- Tanner Glass, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tanner Roark, American baseball pitcher
- Tanner Foust, American racecar driver, stunt driver and television host
- Tanner Leissner, American basketball player (born 1995)
- Tanner Putt, American bicycle racer
- Elle King, American singer, songwriter, and 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.