Tania

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Tania: Recorded since 1962, it reached #4 in 1968, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
106times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#4highest recorded position
31groupings it qualifies for
18names it appears alongside

What stands out in Tania's record

Held a top-100 place for 27 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#506
1997	#460
1998	#571
1999	#548
2000	#571
2001	#579
2002	#702
2003	#478
2004	#772
2005	#645
2006	#704
2007	#942
2008	#1034
2009	#865
2010	#1150
2011	#1327
2012	#2338
2013	#1774
2014	#1628
2015	#2195
2016	#1689
2017	#2090
2018	#1977
2019	#1703
2020	#1687
2021	#2341
2022	#2673
2023	#2063
2024	#2000

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 45 years from 1966 to 2010.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1150 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1962–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #93 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1962–1991
Highest recorded position: #4 among girls in New Zealand, in 1968 (recorded 1962–1991).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Tania appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New Zealand · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 6,879 births with the name.

Tania across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Tania's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#344 (1966)	#245 (1969)	#910 (2010)	29 of 45	176 (1966–2010)	14 (1973)
New Zealand · Girls	#73 (1962)	#4 (1968)	#100 (1991)	29 of 30	6,879 (1962–1991)	456 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#506 (1996)	#460 (1997)	#2000 (2024)	29 of 29	874 (1996–2024)	68 (2003)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#93 (1962)	#41 (1966)	#95 (1981)	18 of 20	2,566 (1962–1981)	222 (1971)

Tania by decade in England and Wales · 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 Tania in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	213	4 of 10	53
2000sbusiest	427	10 of 10	43
2010s	170	10 of 10	17
2020s	64	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2003 and 2004, when recorded births fell by 32, from 68 to 36.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Tania 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 5 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #4 in New Zealand in 1968.

Tania'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2063	13	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2341	11	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1687	17	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1703	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1977	14	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1689	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2195	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1327	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1150	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#865	39	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1034	29	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#942	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#704	44	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#645	48	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#772	36	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#478	68	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#702	37	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#579	47	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#571	47	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#548	51	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#571	47	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#460	63	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#506	52	High	Verified
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#95	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#99	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#77	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#73	102	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#56	175	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#50	222	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#52	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	193	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#41	209	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#64	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#87	93	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#71	129	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#93	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New Zealand	female	#100	49	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	female	#92	54	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	female	#85	62	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	female	#66	81	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	female	#55	89	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	female	#53	89	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	female	#29	131	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	female	#27	143	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	female	#21	156	High	Verified
1981	New Zealand	female	#21	162	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#19	171	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#16	229	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#9	303	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#18	195	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#15	233	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#13	245	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#12	266	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#12	289	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#10	349	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#9	386	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#9	403	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#5	446	High	Verified
1968	New Zealand	female	#4	456	High	Verified
1967	New Zealand	female	#6	419	High	Verified
1966	New Zealand	female	#8	391	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#9	370	High	Verified
1964	New Zealand	female	#16	317	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	female	#19	285	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	female	#73	110	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#450	4	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#377	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	5	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#388	6	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#324	10	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	5	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	13	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#262	14	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	7	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	5	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#287	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#315	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 5 registrars between 1962 and 2024, ranked in 62 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #4, first reached in 1968.

It held a top-100 place in 29 years, 27 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 456 births, registered in New Zealand in 1968.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1962, and 47 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.

Tanay · #1534, 25y
Tanaya · #1690, 28y
Tanish · #1669, 20y
Tanisha · #282, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Belinda · #6, 65y
Niamh · #2, 62y
Bridget · #7, 62y
Conor · #1, 62y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Amy · #4, 60y
Sophia · #4, 60y
Kelly · #3, 60y
Lucy · #3, 62y

Comparisons involving Tania

Existing comparison pages where Tania and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Tania in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Rachel vs Tania
In 1970, Rachel moved ahead of Tania in New Zealand · Girls — #22 and #5 the year before became #4 and #9.
Rachel · Tania · 26 shared years, 1965–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1970 New Zealand ranking
Anna vs Tania
In 1979, Anna moved ahead of Tania in New Zealand · Girls — #11 and #9 the year before became #6 and #16.
Anna · Tania · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1979 New Zealand ranking
Tania vs Tracey
Across 29 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Tania and Tracey averaged 7.0 places apart, ending at #100 and #98.
Tania · Tracey · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Tania within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Angela vs Tania
Across 29 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Angela and Tania averaged 10.8 places apart, ending at #71 and #100.
Angela · Tania · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1991 New Zealand ranking
Joanne vs Tania
Across 25 shared years in New Zealand · Girls, Joanne and Tania averaged 12.1 places apart, ending at #87 and #55.
Joanne · Tania · 25 shared years, 1962–1986 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1986 New Zealand ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Tania and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Deborah vs Tania
In 1968, Tania moved ahead of Deborah in New Zealand · Girls — #4 and #6 the year before became #9 and #4.
Deborah · Tania · 23 shared years, 1962–1985 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Susan vs Tania
In 1968, Tania moved ahead of Susan in New Zealand · Girls — #5 and #6 the year before became #11 and #4.
Susan · Tania · 22 shared years, 1962–1984 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1968 New Zealand ranking
Sandra vs Tania
In 1967, Tania moved ahead of Sandra in New Zealand · Girls — #6 and #8 the year before became #11 and #6.
Sandra · Tania · 16 shared years, 1962–1980 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1967 New Zealand ranking

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Pairs involving Tania measured in New Zealand's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Tania at its highest position.

Lisa vs Tania
In 1966, Lisa moved ahead of Tania in New Zealand · Girls — #31 and #9 the year before became #7 and #8.
Lisa · Tania · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1966 New Zealand ranking
Sarah vs Tania
In 1972, Sarah moved ahead of Tania in New Zealand · Girls — #13 and #9 the year before became #7 and #10.
Sarah · Tania · 29 shared years, 1962–1991 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1972 New Zealand ranking
Tania vs Kathleen
In New Zealand · Girls, Tania moved into the top 50 at #19 in 1963 as Kathleen fell out of it to #52, having been #49 the year before.
Tania · Kathleen · 12 shared years, 1962–1984 · One took the other's place near the top
See the 1963 New Zealand ranking

New Zealand overview→

Tania was ranked #4 in New Zealand · Girls in 1968. 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.

Tania 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 Tania without appearing here.

Tania moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1977 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1703 and #5591.
Kerry Compare
In 2012 they stood at #2338 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #1774 and #4739.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2090 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1977 and #4684.
Levi Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2195 and #2070 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1689 and #4096.

Moved ahead of Tania

Teresa Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1327 and #1545 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #2338 and #955.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1286.
Ann Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1687 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2341 and #1351.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1628 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #2195 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Tania

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 while Aisling went from #100 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 while Alexandra went from #288 to #89.
Anna Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 while Anna went from #36 to #13.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #24.

Moved the same way as Tania

Alma Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 and Alma from #310 to #663.
Camilla Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 and Camilla from #236 to #663.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 and Deirdre from #7 to #663.
Diane Compare
Between 1966 and 2010 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Tania went from #344 to #910 and Diane from #185 to #663.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 5 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #4 in New Zealand in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Tania

Tania at a glance

What stands out in Tania's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Tania across 4 official records

Tania by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tania appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Tania

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tania

Tania and the names beside it

Tania moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tania

Moved the opposite way to Tania

Moved the same way as Tania

Tania at a glance

What stands out in Tania's record

Tania across 4 official records

Tania by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Tania appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Comparisons involving Tania

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New Zealand lists

Names published alongside Tania

Tania and the names beside it

Tania moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Tania

Moved the opposite way to Tania

Moved the same way as Tania