Tanish
Tanish Alladi is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He worked as a child actor before starring in films such as Nacchavule (2008), Ride (2009), Telugabbai (2013), Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014), and Nakshatram (2017). He has also was one of the contestants on the reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu 2, and finished in third place.
Meaning & Origin of Tanish
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanish Alladi is an Indian actor who works in Telugu films. He worked as a child actor before starring in films such as Nacchavule (2008), Ride (2009), Telugabbai (2013), Pandavulu Pandavulu Thummeda (2014), and Nakshatram (2017). He has also was one of the contestants on the reality TV show Bigg Boss Telugu 2, and finished in third place.
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The Story of Tanish
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Tanish as a girl name dates back to 1972, when 7 babies received it. 1986 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Tanish — #7,132 in the national rankings. About 47% of every Tanish on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Tanish last appeared in the published SSA data in 1992, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 66 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Tanish on the record books as a boy name in 2000, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 45 Tanishs were born — ranking #2,717 that year. About 48% of every Tanish on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Tanish last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 525 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tanish
Tanish is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2000 and has accumulated 525 births in the dataset. Tanish's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #2,717. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanish'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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