Tanner
Boy · TAN-er · English
Tanner is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “leather tanner”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 475th for boys in the US (641 babies).
What does Tanner mean?
English: English occupational surname
“leather tanner”
From the English occupational surname for a tanner, who cured animal hides into leather.
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Is Tanner a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanner is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 43 girls and 641 boys in the US.
How popular is Tanner in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Tanner, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tanner than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Tanner in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Tanner in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 14 | #1,789 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,425 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 7 | #2,616 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,292 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Tanner in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #475among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 641about 1 in 2,700 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 641 boys in the US were named Tanner, making it the 475th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 333rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4,704 boys. It first appears in the records in 1913. 43 girls were also named Tanner in 2025 (3,516th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 13 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tanner than any year since 1986.
Half of all the boys named Tanner in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanner in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 641 | #475 |
| 2024 | 714 | #441 |
| 2023 | 721 | #432 |
| 2022 | 784 | #411 |
| 2021 | 905 | #359 |
| 2020 | 980 | #333 |
| 2019 | 1,019 | #328 |
| 2018 | 1,142 | #301 |
| 2017 | 1,331 | #272 |
| 2016 | 1,605 | #237 |
| 2015 | 1,715 | #224 |
| 2014 | 1,866 | #207 |
| 2013 | 2,050 | #197 |
| 2012 | 2,182 | #178 |
| 2011 | 2,139 | #182 |
| 2010 | 2,136 | #176 |
| 2009 | 2,453 | #159 |
| 2008 | 2,419 | #163 |
| 2007 | 2,732 | #150 |
| 2006 | 2,867 | #142 |
| 2005 | 3,075 | #131 |
| 2004 | 3,232 | #125 |
| 2003 | 3,390 | #120 |
| 2002 | 3,446 | #111 |
| 2001 | 3,832 | #101 |
| 2000 | 4,235 | #93 |
| 1999 | 4,521 | #87 |
| 1998 | 4,704 | #82 |
| 1997 | 4,676 | #82 |
| 1996 | 4,180 | #90 |
| 1995 | 4,320 | #86 |
| 1994 | 3,923 | #96 |
| 1993 | 3,768 | #98 |
| 1992 | 3,641 | #101 |
| 1991 | 2,272 | #141 |
| 1990 | 1,387 | #220 |
| 1989 | 1,235 | #220 |
| 1988 | 906 | #259 |
| 1987 | 719 | #300 |
| 1986 | 561 | #342 |
| 1985 | 514 | #359 |
| 1984 | 407 | #409 |
| 1983 | 401 | #407 |
| 1982 | 362 | #446 |
| 1981 | 278 | #504 |
| 1980 | 311 | #476 |
| 1979 | 299 | #476 |
| 1978 | 169 | #645 |
| 1977 | 121 | #773 |
| 1976 | 73 | #973 |
| 1975 | 47 | #1,238 |
| 1974 | 34 | #1,501 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,782 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 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 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
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