Tank
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TANK
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Tank is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “tank”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Tank mean?
English: English word name
“tank”
Word name suggesting strength, after the armoured vehicle; long used as a nickname for big, sturdy men.
Is Tank a girl's or a boy's name?
Tank is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tank in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Tank, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had more boys named Tank than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tank in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tank in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
Names like Tank
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Veer, Aarav, Ash, Krishiv, Dhruv, Vihaan, Avyaan, Advik, Shivansh, Krish, Atharv, Kash
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
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, “Tank: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tank, updated 20 October 2026.