Tanith
Tanith is a name with a single cultural origin: Semitic Mythology.
- Semitic Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Tanith
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanith is a name with a single cultural origin: Semitic Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Semitic Mythology
The Story of Tanith
Tanith first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1974, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2006: 18 births, good for #6,840 nationwide. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 35% of all recorded Taniths. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2011 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 122 Taniths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Tanith
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tanith. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Tanis
- Tanit
Names that sound like Tanith
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About the name Tanith
Tanith is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1974 and has accumulated 122 births in the dataset. Tanith's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #6,840. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanith'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.