How Many People Are Named Taniqua?

589

people named Taniqua are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 580,279 people in the US has this name

Based on 605 babies named Taniqua in Social Security records from 1974 to 2002, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#14,972

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#8,545

See the top 100

Peak Year

1991

70 births

Trend

2002

Last year given

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: African American (Rare)
Pronunciation: tə-NEE-kwə
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Combination of the popular name element Tan (from names such as TANYA) and the common name suffix qua.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Taniqua in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Taniqua alive today is about 36 years old, and 90% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 40 in 2025.

Under 30 56
9.5%
30 to 59 533
90.5%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Taniqua first appears in the records in 1974 and was given most often in 1991, to 70 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2002.

Babies given the name each year, 1974 to 2002

🏆 Rank History

Taniqua has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,989, in 1991.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,989 (1991)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#3,430 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Taniqua alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Taniqua were born in New York than in any other state: about 147 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Taniqua was given about 9.9 times as often in New York.

New York 147
Texas 17
Illinois 10
North Carolina 9
Florida 6
Ohio 6
Virginia 6
California 5

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