The name Tanisha is of Modern English origin, and is an alternate form of Tania.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tanisha has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Tanisha
Use of the Name Tanisha for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
17,011
17,011
11,392
1,408
0
0
0
The table below indicates the number of times the name Tanisha has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Tanisha first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1970, which is the first year shown on the table.
Tanisha last appeared in either or both of these name lists during 1998, the last year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Tanisha
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1970
977
129
1971
507
373
1972
353
627
1973
389
525
1974
355
608
1975
345
631
1976
339
656
1977
321
733
1978
335
652
1979
344
685
1980
325
749
1981
339
691
1982
319
756
1983
321
724
1984
350
657
1985
369
630
1986
351
678
1987
350
686
1988
390
615
1989
400
616
1990
385
682
1991
376
681
1992
387
667
1993
434
578
1994
440
574
1995
533
447
1996
555
420
1997
728
293
1998
858
248
Totals:
17,011
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Tanisha as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Tanisha appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 29 times during the last 125 years.