Tanita
Tanita is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, which lives in Africa.
Meaning & Origin of Tanita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanita is a genus of grasshoppers in the family Pyrgomorphidae, which lives in Africa.
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The Story of Tanita
The earliest SSA record of Tanita as a baby girl name dates back to 1961, when 5 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 35 newborns named Tanita — #2,651 in the national rankings. About 39% of every Tanita on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Tanita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 607 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Tanita
Tanita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1961 and has accumulated 607 births in the dataset. Tanita's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #2,651. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanita'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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