Tania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAN-ya
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,036 for girls
Tania is a girls' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 2,036th for girls in the US (93 babies).
What does Tania mean?
Latin: Russian pet form of Tatiana
A pet form of Tatiana, which derives from Tatius, a Roman family name of uncertain meaning.
Is Tania a girl's or a boy's name?
Tania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 93 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Tania, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,780th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 70 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Tania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 12 | #2,325 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,780 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 18 | #1,781 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,722 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 42 | #879 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 34 | #963 |
| 2006 | 48 | #720 |
| 2005 | 49 | #687 |
| 2004 | 37 | #814 |
| 2003 | 70 | #508 |
| 2002 | 39 | #722 |
| 2001 | 50 | #604 |
| 2000 | 51 | #590 |
| 1999 | 53 | #577 |
| 1998 | 49 | #598 |
| 1997 | 65 | #496 |
| 1996 | 54 | #536 |
How popular is Tania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,036th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 93 about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 93 girls in the US were named Tania, making it the 2,036th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,593rd. Its busiest year was 1993, with 846 girls. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer girls named Tania than any year since 1958.
Half of all the girls named Tania in the US since 1880 were born between 1975 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #2,036 |
| 2024 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2023 | 125 | #1,656 |
| 2022 | 117 | #1,763 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,885 |
| 2020 | 131 | #1,593 |
| 2019 | 142 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 160 | #1,399 |
| 2017 | 187 | #1,263 |
| 2016 | 153 | #1,492 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 192 | #1,257 |
| 2013 | 195 | #1,234 |
| 2012 | 237 | #1,060 |
| 2011 | 243 | #1,025 |
| 2010 | 300 | #883 |
| 2009 | 402 | #720 |
| 2008 | 504 | #607 |
| 2007 | 609 | #517 |
| 2006 | 718 | #444 |
| 2005 | 645 | #477 |
| 2004 | 636 | #466 |
| 2003 | 716 | #418 |
| 2002 | 702 | #412 |
| 2001 | 642 | #430 |
| 2000 | 605 | #460 |
| 1999 | 578 | #459 |
| 1998 | 582 | #443 |
| 1997 | 524 | #479 |
| 1996 | 600 | #425 |
| 1995 | 542 | #465 |
| 1994 | 697 | #373 |
| 1993 | 846 | #316 |
| 1992 | 674 | #383 |
| 1991 | 579 | #440 |
| 1990 | 498 | #488 |
| 1989 | 426 | #537 |
| 1988 | 421 | #523 |
| 1987 | 418 | #508 |
| 1986 | 410 | #507 |
| 1985 | 400 | #506 |
| 1984 | 396 | #500 |
| 1983 | 392 | #496 |
| 1982 | 400 | #504 |
| 1981 | 484 | #442 |
| 1980 | 502 | #430 |
| 1979 | 567 | #387 |
| 1978 | 515 | #399 |
| 1977 | 615 | #358 |
| 1976 | 732 | #312 |
| 1975 | 699 | #324 |
| 1974 | 674 | #330 |
| 1973 | 522 | #391 |
| 1972 | 568 | #379 |
| 1971 | 529 | #404 |
| 1970 | 511 | #430 |
| 1969 | 503 | #431 |
| 1968 | 450 | #454 |
| 1967 | 376 | #491 |
| 1966 | 314 | #532 |
| 1965 | 263 | #588 |
| 1964 | 214 | #710 |
| 1963 | 223 | #673 |
| 1962 | 219 | #695 |
| 1961 | 172 | #796 |
| 1960 | 130 | #933 |
| 1959 | 106 | #1,030 |
| 1958 | 68 | #1,281 |
| 1957 | 75 | #1,219 |
| 1956 | 55 | #1,412 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,360 |
| 1954 | 48 | #1,443 |
| 1953 | 45 | #1,459 |
| 1952 | 43 | #1,468 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,351 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 42 | #1,421 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,859 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,940 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,697 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,665 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 12 | #2,447 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,688 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,807 |
Names like Tania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Francesca, Mia, Jessica, Jasmine, Olivia, Victoria, Holly, Amber, Molly, Emily, Erin, Tara
Names related to Tania
Tiana, Tianna, Tanya, Tuana, Tahani, Tanaya, Tiyana, Taniya, Taniyah, Taina, Tyana
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
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, “Tania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tania, updated 20 October 2026.