How Many People Are Named Tanner?
people named Tanner are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,492 people in the US has this name
Based on 100,166 babies named Tanner in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,827 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname meaning "one who tans hides".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tanner, 2.6% were girls and 97.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 1.3% of the babies were girls then and 5.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tanner alive today is about 23 years old, and 74% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tanner first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1998, to 4,827 babies. In 2025, 684 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tanner never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #82, in 1997 to 1998, and it was in the top 100 for 8 years, 1993 to 2000. In 2025 it ranked #475.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #475 |
| Best rank | #82 (1997 to 1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | 8 (1993 to 2000) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #101 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tanner alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tanner were born in California than in any other state: about 7,559 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tanner was given 4.5 times as often in North Dakota, 4.3 times in Montana and 4.3 times in South Dakota.
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