Taya

Where Taya comes from

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Та́я (Tája)
— Wiktionary's entry for Taya
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1961
    First appearance
    #5,851 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1974
    Taya Kyle born
    American author, veteran family activist and advocate
  3. 1980
    Taya Parker born
    American pornographic actress and model
  4. 1998
    Peak, #638
    364 babies named Taya — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2011
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,469.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Taya Parker · American pornographic actress and model, born 1980
  • Taya Kyle · American author, veteran family activist and advocate, born 1974
  • Taya Reimer · American basketball player, born 1995

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.