How Many People Are Named Tanika?
people named Tanika are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 78,589 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,522 babies named Tanika in Social Security records from 1968 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
ππ Very Rare
Peak Year
314 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Invented name, probably modeled on TAMIKA and influenced by TANYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Tanika in English. Counting Tanika 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 Tanika in the records were girls.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Tanika alive today is about 42 years old, and 92% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 48 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Tanika first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1982, to 314 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2016
π Rank History
Tanika has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #558, in 1976.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #558 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #789 in the 1970s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Tanika alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tanika were born in New York than in any other state: about 364 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tanika was given 5.1 times as often in District of Columbia, 4.8 times in Maryland and 2.5 times in North Carolina.
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