Name meaning & stats
Tanja
Tanja means “unknown Roman family name (debated)”. 2,580 US babies since 1940, peak 1970.
What it means
“unknown Roman family name (debated)”
Form of Tanya
In US birth records
Peak year: 1970
2,580 US babies were named Tanja between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tanja (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 66% of the family
- Tanja 66%
- Tanijah 12%
- Tanija 8%
- Tanajah 8%
- Tanaja 7%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1970)