Tahani
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-HAH-nee
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,576 for girls
Tahani is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “congratulations”. In 2025 it ranked 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Tahani mean?
Arabic
“congratulations”
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Is Tahani a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahani is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tahani in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tahani in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahani in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Tahani in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,576th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Tahani, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 85 girls. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Tahani than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Tahani in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahani in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 53 | #3,091 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 85 | #2,186 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 31 | #4,436 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,551 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 8 | #8,755 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
Names like Tahani
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Inaya, Amira, Khadija, Zainab, Ayat, Haniya, Ayah, Anaya, Aisha, Raya
Names related to Tahani
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tahani: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahani, updated 20 October 2026.