How Many People Are Named Taneka?
people named Taneka are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 233,778 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,519 babies named Taneka in Social Security records from 1970 to 2012, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
106 births
Trend
Last year given
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of TANIKA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Taneka in English. Counting Taneka and these spellings together, about 5,811 people alive in the US have the name.
β§ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Taneka in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Taneka alive today is about 42 years old, and 93% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 48 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Taneka first appears in the records in 1970 and was given most often in 1982, to 106 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2012.
Babies given the name each year, 1970 to 2012
π Rank History
Taneka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,242, in 1982.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,242 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,821 in the 1980s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Taneka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Taneka were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 59 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Taneka was given 4.8 times as often in Georgia, 4.8 times in North Carolina and 2.4 times in Illinois.
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