Tanai
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-NIE
- Origin
- Modern
Tanai is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Tanai come from?
Modern: modern US coinage
Is Tanai a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanai is a girls' name.
How popular is Tanai in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Tanai in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanai in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Names like Tanai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri Sarai Yumi Tori Suki Dakota Tru Tatum Kori Sanai Kaori Mika
Names related to Tanai
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tanai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanai, updated 20 October 2026.