Taneshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-NEE-shah
- Origin
- Modern
Taneshia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Taneshia come from?
Modern: modern US coinage, a variant of Tanisha
Is Taneshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Taneshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Taneshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1987, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the girls named Taneshia in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taneshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 23 | #4,448 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 44 | #2,728 |
| 1991 | 62 | #2,130 |
| 1990 | 61 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 73 | #1,736 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,552 |
| 1986 | 57 | #1,931 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 58 | #1,837 |
| 1983 | 63 | #1,715 |
| 1982 | 55 | #1,922 |
| 1981 | 49 | #2,085 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,964 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,824 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 43 | #2,027 |
| 1975 | 38 | #2,196 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,894 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
Names like Taneshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Sasha, Alisha, Tamia, Talia, Shayla, Summer, Jamia, Yesenia, Samira, Jamila, Amanda
Names related to Taneshia
Tanisha, Tanasia, Tanesha, Tynesha, Taneisha, Tyneisha, Tanasha, Tanaisha
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, “Taneshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taneshia, updated 20 October 2026.