Taneka
Girl · tah-NEE-ka · Modern
Taneka is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Taneka come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, a variant of Tanika
- Say it
- tah-NEE-ka
Is Taneka a girl's or a boy's name?
Taneka is a girls' name.
How popular is Taneka in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 106 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Taneka in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taneka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 48 | #2,403 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 41 | #2,491 |
| 1986 | 50 | #2,115 |
| 1985 | 59 | #1,881 |
| 1984 | 64 | #1,703 |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,400 |
| 1982 | 106 | #1,237 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 90 | #1,380 |
| 1979 | 81 | #1,471 |
| 1978 | 96 | #1,275 |
| 1977 | 91 | #1,286 |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,316 |
| 1975 | 76 | #1,381 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | 44 | #1,885 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
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