Taniesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-NEE-sha
- Origin
- Modern
Taniesha is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Taniesha come from?
Modern: modern coinage, a variant of Tanisha
Is Taniesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Taniesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Taniesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 5 girls.
Taniesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Taniesha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Taniesha in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taniesha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 36 | #3,153 |
| 1992 | 36 | #3,139 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 40 | #2,845 |
| 1989 | 45 | #2,522 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,010 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 43 | #2,343 |
| 1985 | 29 | #3,083 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 34 | #2,594 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 27 | #3,078 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Taniesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha, Alisha, Khadija, Anisha, Radhika, Halima, Tanvika, Jessica, Sasha, Anika, Isha, Samira
Names related to Taniesha
Tanisha, Tanesha, Tonisha, Tenisha, Taneisha, Taneesha, Tanasia, Tanishi, Tynesha, Tynisha
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Taniesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taniesha, updated 20 October 2026.