Tanis
Tanis is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Tanis (musician), French-Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanis Chandler, American film actress Tanis MacDonald, Canadian poet and literature professor Tanis Rideout, Canadian poet, journalist and novelist Tanis S'eiltin, American Tlingit artist
- Semitic Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Tanis
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanis is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Tanis (musician), French-Singaporean singer-songwriter Tanis Chandler, American film actress Tanis MacDonald, Canadian poet and literature professor Tanis Rideout, Canadian poet, journalist and novelist Tanis S'eiltin, American Tlingit artist
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Semitic Mythology
The Story of Tanis
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Tanis as a girl name dates back to 1935, when 8 babies received it. 1948 was its biggest year on record, with 38 newborns named Tanis — #1,499 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Tanis on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tanis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 994 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tanis on the record books as a boy name in 1926, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 30 Taniss were born — ranking #2,922 that year. About 38% of every Tanis on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Tanis last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 535 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tanis
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tanis. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Tanit
- Tanith
Names that sound like Tanis
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About the name Tanis
Tanis is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1935 and has accumulated 994 births in the dataset. Tanis's peak popularity came in 1948 when it ranked #1,499. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanis's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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