Tanzania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tan-zah-NEE-ah
- Origin
- Modern
Tanzania is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tanzania mean?
Modern: from the East African country, a blend of Tanganyika and Zanzibar
From the East African country, whose name blends Tanganyika and Zanzibar, the two states that united in 1964.
Is Tanzania a girl's or a boy's name?
Tanzania is a girls' name.
How popular is Tanzania in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Tanzania in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tanzania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 28 | #4,084 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 36 | #3,091 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 19 | #3,513 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,010 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Tanzania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Shayla, Tamia, Safia, Samira, Aliya, Aaliyah, Safiya, Zaira, Samia, Talia, Amia
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Tanzania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tanzania, updated 20 October 2026.