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Tanisha

Gender
Girl
Say it
ta-NEE-sha
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#2,344 for girls
US rank, 2025
#6,545 for girls

Tanisha is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).

Where does Tanisha come from?

Modern: modern coinage, likely Ta- plus -isha; also used in India

More on Wiktionary.

Is Tanisha a girl's or a boy's name?

Tanisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Tanisha in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,344among girls
Babies in 2025
12about 1 in 23,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 39% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Tanisha, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 138 girls.

Half of all the girls named Tanisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 138 in 20102025
Tanisha in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202512#2,344
202415#1,953
202316#1,873
20228#3,050
202112#2,325
202015#1,948
201921#1,531
201835#1,073
201732#1,150
201643#930
201555#771
201448#866
201380#572
201287#538
2011128#394
2010138#365
2009131#371
2008128#384
200799#450
2006123#378
2005118#373
2004102#400
200387#446
200269#491
200181#431
2000107#349
1999115#322
199888#401
1997120#331
199685#414

How popular is Tanisha in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,545among girls
Babies in 2025
17about 1 in 95,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 41% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Tanisha, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1982, with 758 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.

Half of all the girls named Tanisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.

1967Busiest: 758 in 19822025
Tanisha in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202517#6,545
202426#5,018
202317#6,675
202219#6,224
202124#5,233
202024#5,165
201940#3,717
201837#3,917
201739#3,847
201644#3,523
201553#3,129
201449#3,270
201358#2,902
201272#2,516
201194#2,058
2010107#1,886
200985#2,286
2008131#1,704
2007130#1,689
2006136#1,581
2005141#1,488
2004136#1,479
2003135#1,453
2002142#1,362
2001165#1,224
2000165#1,201
1999180#1,101
1998249#855
1997292#728
1996421#554
1995447#533
1994573#442
1993579#434
1992668#388
1991681#376
1990681#387
1989615#400
1988618#388
1987685#350
1986679#350
1985631#369
1984657#350
1983724#320
1982758#318
1981693#339
1980751#324
1979687#343
1978652#334
1977735#321
1976655#339
1975631#345
1974611#354
1973525#389
1972629#352
1971374#506
1970129#974
196927#2,515
196812#3,999
19675#6,803

Names like Tanisha

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Radhika Tanvika Anisha Saanvika Priya Akshara Krisha Divisha Hanvika Aisha Anika Advika

Names related to Tanisha

Tinashe Tanesha Tonisha Tenisha Taneisha Taneesha Tanis Tanasia Tanishi Tynisha

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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, “Tanisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanisha, updated 20 October 2026.