Tana
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- TAH-nah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Tana is a name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
Where does Tana come from?
Latin: short form of Tatiana or Montana
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tana a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tana has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US.
How popular is Tana in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 8 girls.
Tana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,895 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
How popular is Tana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Tana, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 241 girls. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the girls named Tana in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 32 | #4,646 |
| 2007 | 45 | #3,600 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 43 | #3,457 |
| 2004 | 43 | #3,440 |
| 2003 | 45 | #3,228 |
| 2002 | 58 | #2,639 |
| 2001 | 60 | #2,536 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,890 |
| 1998 | 68 | #2,121 |
| 1997 | 73 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,636 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,723 |
| 1993 | 86 | #1,721 |
| 1992 | 96 | #1,597 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1990 | 113 | #1,393 |
| 1989 | 124 | #1,264 |
| 1988 | 121 | #1,229 |
| 1987 | 128 | #1,150 |
| 1986 | 163 | #967 |
| 1985 | 173 | #913 |
| 1984 | 157 | #935 |
| 1983 | 150 | #973 |
| 1982 | 182 | #853 |
| 1981 | 128 | #1,089 |
| 1980 | 155 | #955 |
| 1979 | 208 | #771 |
| 1978 | 140 | #986 |
| 1977 | 148 | #936 |
| 1976 | 173 | #803 |
| 1975 | 158 | #845 |
| 1974 | 164 | #818 |
| 1973 | 150 | #858 |
| 1972 | 174 | #784 |
| 1971 | 206 | #731 |
| 1970 | 209 | #721 |
| 1969 | 169 | #791 |
| 1968 | 175 | #749 |
| 1967 | 205 | #671 |
| 1966 | 204 | #683 |
| 1965 | 222 | #660 |
| 1964 | 206 | #722 |
| 1963 | 211 | #699 |
| 1962 | 241 | #650 |
| 1961 | 223 | #703 |
| 1960 | 207 | #709 |
| 1959 | 195 | #716 |
| 1958 | 163 | #782 |
| 1957 | 160 | #797 |
| 1956 | 147 | #816 |
| 1955 | 140 | #817 |
| 1954 | 153 | #747 |
| 1953 | 117 | #866 |
| 1952 | 129 | #793 |
| 1951 | 144 | #725 |
| 1950 | 132 | #750 |
| 1949 | 119 | #790 |
| 1948 | 137 | #719 |
| 1947 | 110 | #836 |
| 1946 | 107 | #796 |
| 1945 | 108 | #717 |
| 1944 | 117 | #690 |
| 1943 | 124 | #681 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 18 | #1,954 |
| 1940 | 12 | #2,423 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
Names like Tana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tara, Diana, Monica, Paula, Lana, Lisa, Melissa, Ana, Tessa, Vanessa, Cassandra, Lauren
Names related to Tana
Tiana, Tianna, Tanya, Tania, Tuana, Tanay, Tanaya, Tiyana, Teyana, Tyanna, Taniya, Taina
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
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, “Tana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tana, updated 20 October 2026.