Tanner
Tanner is a mainly masculine given name meaning "leather maker."
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tanner
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tanner is a mainly masculine given name meaning "leather maker."
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tanner
Tanner first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1913, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1998, when 4,704 Tanners were born — ranking #82 that year. As of 2026, Tanner ranks #495 for baby boys with 626 births, falling sharply (-35%). In total, more than 98K Tanners have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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About the name Tanner
Tanner is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 98K births in the dataset. Tanner's peak popularity came in 1998 when it ranked #82. Use the chart and map above to compare Tanner'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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