Tanaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tuh-nuh-YAH
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Tanaya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “daughter”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Tanaya mean?
Sanskrit
“daughter”
A Sanskrit word for daughter, used as a girl's name across India.
Is Tanaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanaya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tanaya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tanaya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Tanaya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 14 | #2,061 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,807 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Tanaya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Tanaya, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 103 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Tanaya in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,106 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 50 | #3,297 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 103 | #1,877 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,997 |
| 2003 | 90 | #2,000 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,444 |
| 2001 | 59 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 76 | #2,035 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 67 | #2,099 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 35 | #3,153 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 30 | #3,396 |
| 1988 | 34 | #2,982 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,457 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 34 | #2,657 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 32 | #2,606 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
Names like Tanaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Maya Aisha Anaya Amaya Aaliyah Summer Khadija Amira Raya Safa Isha Zainab
Names related to Tanaya
Tanya Tania Taniya Tayana Tana Tanayah Tanaiya Tayanna Tanna Tanae
More Sanskrit names
Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
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, “Tanaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanaya, updated 20 October 2026.