Taniah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAN-ya
- Origin
- Latin
Taniah is a girls' name of Latin origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Taniah mean?
Latin: spelling of Tania; Russian pet form of Tatiana
A pet form of Tatiana, which derives from Tatius, a Roman family name of uncertain meaning.
Meaning borrowed from Tania.
Is Taniah a girl's or a boy's name?
Taniah is a girls' name.
How popular is Taniah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 82 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Taniah in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taniah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 15 | #7,599 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 45 | #3,560 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 78 | #2,418 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 60 | #2,635 |
| 2002 | 48 | #3,010 |
| 2001 | 45 | #3,087 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 18 | #5,655 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
Names like Taniah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Taliyah Zainab Zaniyah Kaliyah Safa Hadassah Zariah Jaliyah Salma Zaira Farah
Names related to Taniah
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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, “Taniah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taniah, updated 20 October 2026.