Tanner

What Tanner means

From a surname for “a tanner”

A surname originating as an occupation for a tanner.

Source: Wiktionary, “Tanner” (revision 92190615), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Tanner?

US: Falling: down from #224 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #2483 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1997, when 4,676 boys got the name (#82 that year). First in the US records in 1913.

How common

• About 1 in 2,665 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 67,984 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NH (1.78 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.3 per 1,000 boys), MS (0.92 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Tanner is #475 in the US and #4275 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 93.7% of US babies named Tanner were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Danner13 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Tanner

Boys

• Devin#548“fortuneteller”^*
• Dalton#448Editor’s note Down from #328 in 2015 to #448 in 2025 in the US
• Austin#113“majestic”^*
• Skyler#783Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #360 in 2015, #783 in 2025
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*

For a sister

• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Haley#861“hay field”^*
• Paige#346possibly “servant”^*
• Brooke#313Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1996, with 6,724 babies; 972 in 2025
• Sydney#348Variant of Sidney, meaning “wide + island”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Tanner’s. Rank is US 2025.