Name profile

Tanner

A name meaning "one who tans hides".

PronunciationAmerican English /ˈtæn.əɹ/; British English /ˈtæn.ə/
Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#475

Meaning and history

Tanner derives from an English occupational surname for someone who tans hides.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 2,867 births, rank #142
2007: 2,732 births, rank #150
2008: 2,419 births, rank #163
2009: 2,453 births, rank #159
2010: 2,136 births, rank #176
20112011: 2,139 births, rank #182
2012: 2,182 births, rank #178
2013: 2,050 births, rank #197
2014: 1,866 births, rank #207
2015: 1,715 births, rank #224
20162016: 1,605 births, rank #237
2017: 1,331 births, rank #272
2018: 1,142 births, rank #301
2019: 1,019 births, rank #328
2020: 980 births, rank #333
20212021: 905 births, rank #359
2022: 784 births, rank #411
2023: 721 births, rank #432
2024: 714 births, rank #441
20252025: 641 births, rank #475

Tanner moved from #443 to #475 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1998, with 4,704 births.