Tanis
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- TAN-iss
Tanis is a name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tanis mean?
Greek name of an ancient Egyptian city (Egyptian Djanet, biblical Zoan)
Tanis was an ancient city in the Nile Delta, and Tanis Half-Elven is a hero of the Dragonlance fantasy novels.
Is Tanis a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Tanis has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls.
How popular is Tanis in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1948, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1935.
Half of all the girls named Tanis in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1948, 88% of the babies named Tanis in the US were girls. By 2008 it was 23%, with more boys than girls since 1997.
Tanis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 11 | #6,661 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 17 | #4,230 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,068 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,636 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 32 | #2,311 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,856 |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,732 |
| 1964 | 27 | #2,347 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 12 | #3,781 |
| 1961 | 15 | #3,317 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,253 |
| 1958 | 15 | #3,084 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 17 | #2,594 |
| 1952 | 27 | #1,933 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,735 |
| 1948 | 38 | #1,498 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,597 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
Names related to Tanis
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, “Tanis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanis, updated 20 October 2026.