Tanja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Tanja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Tanja: Recorded since 1952, it reached #60 in 1972, and it was last ranked in 2012.

3registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#60highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2000

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2000	#3247

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 46 of the 61 years from 1952 to 2012.

In 2000: #360 among girls in Norway, #3247 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1952–2012 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #397 among girls in Norway in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1952–2012
Highest recorded position: #60 among girls in Norway, in 1972 (recorded 1952–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2012
Most recently recorded at #605 among girls in Norway, in 2012.
Norway · Girls

Tanja by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Tanja in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	218	9 of 10	24
1970sbusiest	709	10 of 10	71
1980s	218	10 of 10	22
1990s	187	9 of 10	21
2000s	37	6 of 10	6
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 71 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births fell by 56, from 133 to 77.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Tanja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1972.

Tanja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2000	England and Wales	female	#3247	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#605	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#622	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#579	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#497	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#568	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#559	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#360	11	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#251	18	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#207	26	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#301	14	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#222	24	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#258	19	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#201	30	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#293	16	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#266	20	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#271	20	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#220	27	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#261	21	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#300	16	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#302	16	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#296	16	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#229	22	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#221	23	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#226	23	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#202	27	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#201	27	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#164	35	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#156	37	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#113	57	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#155	39	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#89	79	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#104	68	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#95	77	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#60	133	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#82	94	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#85	90	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#92	81	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#118	51	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#173	28	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#284	13	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#320	11	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#377	8	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#327	10	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#416	6	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#397	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1952 and 2012, ranked in 46 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #60, first reached in 1972.

It held a top-100 place in 6 years, 5 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 133 births, registered in Norway in 1972.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 8 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1972, and 48 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Agnieszka · #64, 47y
Aoibhinn · #56, 43y
Terrence · #54, 43y
Charlene · #52, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carina · #60, 67y
Vebjørn · #60, 65y
Siw · #61, 43y
Stanley · #59, 50y

Tanja was ranked #60 in Norway · Girls in 1972. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Tanja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Tanja without appearing here.

Tanja moved ahead of

Susan Compare
In 1986 they stood at #302 and #261 in Norway · Girls; by 1987 that had become #300 and #506.
Janet Compare
In 1965 they stood at #377 and #340 in Norway · Girls; by 1966 that had become #284 and #397.
Bente Compare
In 2006 they stood at #559 and #410 in Norway · Girls; by 2007 that had become #497 and #587.
Torill Compare
In 1987 they stood at #300 and #254 in Norway · Girls; by 1988 that had become #261 and #301.

Moved ahead of Tanja

Line Compare
In 1960 they stood at #397 and #418 in Norway · Girls; by 1961 that had become #416 and #83.
Tara Compare
In 2000 they stood at #360 and #361 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #559 and #262.
Alma Compare
In 2000 they stood at #360 and #364 in Norway · Girls; by 2001 that had become #559 and #281.
Angela Compare
In 2007 they stood at #497 and #503 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #579 and #352.

Moved the opposite way to Tanja

Ada Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 while Ada went from #217 to #51.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 while Alexandra went from #400 to #78.
Andrea Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 while Andrea went from #401 to #45.
Anna Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 while Anna went from #62 to #8.

Moved the same way as Tanja

Anette Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 and Anette from #218 to #512.
Anita Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 and Anita from #90 to #330.
Ann Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 and Ann from #47 to #355.
Anne Compare
Between 1952 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Tanja went from #397 to #605 and Anne from #1 to #97.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1952 to 2012. Highest recorded position: #60 in Norway in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Tanja

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Tanja by decade in Norway · Girls

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Tanja at a glance

Tanja by decade in Norway · Girls

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