Taft

Where Taft comes from

Taft hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1907
    First appearance
    #634 among boys, 16 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Peak, #272
    62 babies named Taft — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1911
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #644.
  4. 1915
    Taft Jordan born
    Jazz trumpeter
  5. 1943
    Taft Richardson Jr. born
    American artist
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Taft Jordan · Jazz trumpeter, 1915–1981
  • Taft Richardson Jr. · American artist, 1943–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.