How Many People Are Named Tanganyika?
people named Tanganyika are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,224,385 people in the US has this name
Based on 113 babies named Tanganyika in Social Security records from 1969 to 1982, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Tanganyika in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tanganyika alive today is about 51 years old, and 100% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 49 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tanganyika first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 1972, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1982.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 1982
🏆 Rank History
Tanganyika has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,875, in 1972.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,875 (1972) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,589 in the 1970s |
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