How Many People Are Named Tane?
people named Tane are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,136,155 people in the US has this name
Based on 176 babies named Tane in Social Security records from 1955 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "man" in Maori. In Maori and other Polynesian mythology Tane was the god of forests and light. He was the son of the sky god Rangi and the earth goddess Papa, who were locked in an embrace and finally separated by their son. He created the tui bird and, by some accounts, man.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tane, 89.5% were girls and 10.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tane alive today is about 52 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tane first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1963, to 26 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2012
🏆 Rank History
Tane has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,419, in 1963.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,419 (1963) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,224 in the 1960s |
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