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Tanja

This name is a variant of Tanya.

PronunciationGerman /ˈtan.ja/; Dutch /ˈtɑn.jaː/; Finnish /ˈtɑn.jɑ/; Macedonian /ˈta.ɲa/
Usage languagesCroatian, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Macedonian, Norwegian, Serbian, Slovene, Swedish
US rank (2007)#13,924

Meaning and history

Tanja is a variant of Tanya.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
19881988: no US SSA record for this spelling
1989: no US SSA record for this spelling
1990: no US SSA record for this spelling
1991: no US SSA record for this spelling
1992: no US SSA record for this spelling
19931993: no US SSA record for this spelling
1994: no US SSA record for this spelling
1995: no US SSA record for this spelling
1996: no US SSA record for this spelling
1997: no US SSA record for this spelling
19981998: no US SSA record for this spelling
1999: no US SSA record for this spelling
2000: no US SSA record for this spelling
2001: no US SSA record for this spelling
2002: no US SSA record for this spelling
20032003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 5 births, rank #17,168
20072007: 7 births, rank #13,924

Tanja rose from #999 to #922 for girls between 1971 and 1972. Its highest annual birth count came in 1970, with 153 births.

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