#4432024 rank
1998peak year
90,049babies named Tanner since 1880
▼ 30%5-year trend
Tanner popularity over 145 years
⭐ Sweet spot — known but not everywhere · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Tanner mean?
An occupational surname for one who tanned hides into leather, from Old English tannere, related to treating skins with oak bark. It moved into given-name use in twentieth-century America.
OriginEnglish
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, vintage
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