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Taneisha

Girl · tah-NEE-sha · Modern

Taneisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Taneisha come from?

Modern: modern US coinage, a variant of Tanisha

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tah-NEE-sha

Is Taneisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Taneisha is a girls' name.

How popular is Taneisha in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Taneisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1996Busiest: 9 in 20022009
Taneisha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20094#4,795
20084#4,742
20074#4,494
20065#3,724
20055#3,543
20045#3,356
20033#4,560
20029#2,040
20013#4,156
20004#3,399
19995#2,912
19983#4,026
19970–
19965#2,815

How popular is Taneisha in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the girls named Taneisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 113 in 19902012
Taneisha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20126#14,956
20116#14,816
20100–
20095#17,288
200810#10,802
200714#8,516
200610#10,606
200510#10,123
200417#6,763
200320#5,790
200222#5,250
200116#6,614
200019#5,700
199937#3,371
199841#3,065
199739#3,033
199639#3,023
199564#2,096
199473#1,924
199370#1,980
199284#1,751
1991110#1,439
1990113#1,393
1989110#1,370
198884#1,563
1987104#1,317
1986112#1,224
1985110#1,239
1984105#1,232
198386#1,379
198288#1,384
198178#1,528
198055#1,936
197960#1,795
197855#1,824
197742#2,189
197634#2,387
197528#2,680
197420#3,313
197320#3,232
197210#5,108
197112#4,532

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