Baby name

Tanner

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Origin of the name

Tanner was first an English occupational surname: a tanner of leather.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1998, with 4,704 births and the No. 82 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 84%, to about 753 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 475. 38% of all babies named Tanner since 1880 were born in the 1990s.

97,625births since 1880

1990sgeneration

No. 82rank at its peak, in 1998

Where babies named Tanner are born

1998

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The darker the blue, the more common Tanner is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Tanner is most common in South Dakota (4.2 times), Montana (4.2) and North Dakota (4.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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