Holding steady.
Popularity of Tanica since 1972
Babies named Tanica per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 111 |
| 1980s | 120 |
| 1990s | 22 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Tanica is a rarely used feminine name that first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1972, reflecting a trend of inventive names with the popular -ica suffix. Despite never ranking in the top 1000, it experienced a modest peak in 1977, around the time similar names like Tanika and Tameka gained traction. Since then, it has seen stable but extremely low usage, with an estimated 1-in-N rate too low to calculate reliably. Tanica has no strong ties to any specific state or cultural tradition, and its absence from historical records suggests it is a modern American coinage.
Tanica is a modern coinage, likely a feminine variant of names like Tania or a respelling of Tanika, popular in the United States from the 1970s. Its exact derivation is unclear, and it does not have a known pre-modern root.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Tani, Nica
Sibling names for Tanica
Names that share Tanica's style, for a brother or sister.
