Tapanga
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- tah-PANG-ah
- Origin
- Native American
Tapanga is a girls' name of Native American origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tapanga mean?
Native American: likely a variant of Topanga, a Tongva place name in California
Likely a variant of Topanga, a California place name of Tongva origin, also the name of a character in Boy Meets World.
Is Tapanga a girl's or a boy's name?
Tapanga is a girls' name.
How popular is Tapanga in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the girls named Tapanga in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tapanga in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 45 | #3,142 |
| 2001 | 41 | #3,312 |
| 2000 | 52 | #2,773 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 54 | #2,527 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 20 | #4,878 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
Names like Tapanga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota, Topanga, Ximena, Yuna, Lakota, Mika, Jimena, Tru, Anika, Sequoia, Anaya, Yumna
More Native American names
Tallulah, Nayeli, Winona, Kenai, Cree, Xochitl, Xitlali, Citlali, Alaska, Talulah, Denali, Tennessee, Dakoda, Wynonna, Dakotah, Nakai
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, “Tapanga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tapanga, updated 20 October 2026.