NameTides

Tanner

Tanner was the #475 boys' name in the US in 2025 (641 babies), and #4,275 in England & Wales and #477 in Canada.

Tanner as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tanner 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.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Tanner 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.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
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#475 (641)#4,275 (4)#477 (64)
2024#441 (714)#1,859 (13)#409 (79)
2023#432 (721)#1,461 (17)#414 (70)
2022#411 (784)#1,880 (12)#425 (68)
2021#359 (905)#2,493 (8)#392 (77)
2020#333 (980)#2,228 (9)#299 (110)
2019#328 (1,019)#3,013 (6)#357 (87)
2018#301 (1,142)#2,445 (8)#318 (102)
2017#272 (1,331)#1,627 (15)#293 (121)
2016#237 (1,605)#3,478 (5)#243 (148)
2015#224 (1,715)#2,483 (8)#225 (163)
2014#207 (1,866)#1,560 (15)#231 (155)
2013#197 (2,050)#2,055 (10)#244 (139)
2012#178 (2,182)#3,039 (6)#200 (175)
2011#182 (2,139)#3,300 (5)#172 (215)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #82.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.
  • In 2025, 6% of US babies named Tanner were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,700 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 2,700uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 67,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Tanner is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,700 to 1 in 3,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Tanner by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #169NHWashington: #529WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #477MNIllinois: #485ILMichigan: #393MINew York: #527NYMassachusetts: #507MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #516NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #431INOhio: #395OHPennsylvania: #324PANew Jersey: #488NJConnecticut: #440CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #316UTColorado: #626CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #368MOKentucky: #345KYWest Virginia: #227WVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #571MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #594AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #372TNNorth Carolina: #398NCSouth Carolina: #385SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #426OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: #312MSAlabama: #484ALGeorgia: #499GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #749TXFlorida: #433FL
Tanner (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48825

Tanner (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TannerCanadaGirls—too few
TannerCanadaBoys#47764
TannerEngland & WalesBoys#4,2754
TannerNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TannerUSGirls#3,51743
TannerUSBoys#475641