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Tanyon

Gender
Boy
Say it
TAN-yon
Origin
Modern

Tanyon is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Tanyon come from?

Modern: modern US coinage

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

Tanyon is a boys' name.

How popular is Tanyon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Half of all the boys named Tanyon in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

1997Busiest: 24 in 20052010
Tanyon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20106#10,759
20097#9,859
200814#6,065
200714#5,898
200620#4,516
200524#3,811
200413#5,807
20035#10,886
20026#9,385
20019#6,928
20005#10,341
19998#7,132
19985#9,623
199715#4,241

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