Tana
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Tana
An Ethiopian place-name and multicultural diminutive for many names, including the Slavic Tatiana and the Spanish Cayetana. Tana is also a rare Frisian name, meaning "thought", as well as a masculine name meaning "sweetheart" in the Turkic Karachay-Balkar language.
This slight but strong name is enjoying new visibility thanks to bestselling mystery writer Tana French.
Tana is also given to boys.
Pronounced TAH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Tana ranked #17017 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #655 in 1962.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Tana on lists
Famous Tanas
- Cayetana Elizabeth "Tana" RamsayGirl
English cookbook author and wife of chef Gordon Ramsay
- Táňa FischerováGirl
Czech actress
- Tana FrenchGirl
Irish novelist and actress
- Tana GoertzGirl
American reality TV personality of "The Apprentice" Season 3
- Tana HobanGirl
American children's author and photographer
- Tana Marie MongeauGirl
American Internet Personality
Tana in pop culture
- Tana MoonGirl
reporter in Metropolis in the "Superboy" comics
- TanaGirl
character in video game "Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones"
- Tana and RiriGirl
in Gujarati folklore, twin sisters who chose to die rather than sing in Akbar's court
- TanaGirl
the lead character in Holly Black's "The Coldest Girl In Coldtown"