Tanish

Tanish was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #2,269 in Canada.

Tanish as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tanish as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Tanish as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,679 (10)#3,256 (6)#2,269 (8)
2024#7,765 (10)#2,672 (8)#2,710 (6)
2023#7,738 (10)#4,108 (4)#2,921 (5)
2022#8,300 (9)#2,756 (7)—
2021#8,825 (8)#3,451 (5)#2,812 (5)
2020#7,502 (10)#2,960 (6)—
2019#5,555 (16)—#2,756 (5)
2018#7,136 (11)#4,749 (3)—
2017#4,746 (20)#3,449 (5)#1,852 (9)
2016#6,053 (14)#3,478 (5)#2,428 (6)
2015#4,080 (25)#1,786 (13)#1,956 (8)
2014#4,392 (22)#3,362 (5)—
2013#3,582 (29)#1,920 (11)#1,654 (10)
2012#3,297 (33)#1,669 (14)#2,368 (6)
2011#2,950 (39)#3,300 (5)#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #2,682.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tanish is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 150,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 140,000 to 1 in 170,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TanishCanadaBoys#2,2698
TanishEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
TanishNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TanishUSGirls—too few
TanishUSBoys#7,67910