Tanner: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TAN-er · 2 syllables

A given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.

How popular is Tanner?

Tanner was the #475 name in the US in 2025, given to 684 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 61% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Babies named Tanner in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1990).

Half of US adults named Tanner are older than 28; most are between 19 and 39. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Tanner have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Tanner is pronounced TAN-er.

Tanner was the #475 name in the US in 2025, given to 684 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 61% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1990.

Half of US adults named Tanner are older than 28. Most are between 19 and 39.