Tanay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tuh-NAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Tanay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “son”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Tanay mean?
Sanskrit: from tanaya
“son”
From Sanskrit tanaya, a word for son or offspring; the feminine form Tanaya means daughter.
Is Tanay a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tanay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2014, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tanay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
How popular is Tanay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Tanay, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Tanay in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2016, 16% of the babies named Tanay in the US were girls.
Tanay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 27 | #3,820 |
| 2007 | 38 | #3,023 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 36 | #2,898 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 25 | #3,445 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
Names like Tanay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Bodhi, Ayaan, Yahya, Aryan, Yuvraj, Arjun, Arjan, Vihaan, Musa, Ishaan, River
Names related to Tanay
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Arya, Lila, Rohan, Kali, Opal, Aadhya, Avyaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh, Veer, Veda, India, Avani, Rudra
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, “Tanay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanay, updated 20 October 2026.