Taye

Last seen for girls in 2020 at #15,088 · #9,714 for boys in 2025, 7 births
Given to boys 92.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,175
2000 · 46 births
Debut · boys
1998
21 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
579
since 1998

Taye over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202004peak #8,584, 1998peak #2,175, 2000girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#9,7147
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2023—#8,9218
2022—#10,8636
2021—#7,08911
2020#15,0885#7,03411
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2016—#10,7446
2015—#8,7448
2014—#5,48516
2013—#7,53710
2012#16,8695#4,53321
2011—#5,94514
2010—#3,70828
2009—#3,63929
2008—#3,10337
2007—#3,68728
2006—#2,97937
2005#16,4625#2,49345
2004#14,1796#2,19353
2003#15,7845#2,67437
2002#15,4325#2,88232
2001#12,0567#3,22827
2000—#2,17546
1999—#2,51035
1998#8,58410#3,48621
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five boys were named Taye! It came in at #3,486, and was given to 21 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Taye is popular in 2004

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,840 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 36,018 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Taye, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,840 · 1 in 36,018

Best ever in a state: #1,561 in New York, 1999.

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See more about Taye
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,680 spots since 2020 (#7,034 → #9,714)
  • 970 spots since 2015 (#8,744 → #9,714)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2000 at #2,175 (46 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 37,452
  • Highest: 1 in 37,452 boys born in 2004 were named Taye (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,011 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,175 in 2000, was only 1 in 42,696 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 64.1% of all boys named Taye (371) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s56#2,510 (1999)#2,998
2000s371#2,175 (2000)#2,905
2010s109#3,708 (2010)#7,182
2020s43#7,034 (2020)#8,724

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Taye in 2004

girls
#14,179
6 births · 1 in 306,042 girls
boys
#2,193
53 births · 1 in 37,452 boys

Top girls' names in 2004

  1. #1Emily25,042
  2. #2Emma21,625
  3. #3Madison20,628
  4. #4Olivia16,108
  5. #5Hannah15,614
  6. #6Abigail15,436
  7. #7Isabella15,021
  8. #8Ashley14,377
  9. #9Samantha13,786
  10. #10Elizabeth13,577
  11. #14,179Taye6

Top boys' names in 2004

  1. #1Jacob27,911
  2. #2Michael25,470
  3. #3Joshua24,214
  4. #4Matthew22,882
  5. #5Ethan22,210
  6. #6Andrew21,717
  7. #7Daniel21,018
  8. #8William20,237
  9. #9Joseph20,147
  10. #10Christopher19,636
  11. #2,193Taye53
More about 2004

girls

1,836,250 girls got a published name in 2004; 1 in 306,042 of them was named Taye, which outranked 24.7% of the 18,835 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taye
  1. #12,761Zynia7
  2. #12,761Zyniah7
  3. #12,761Zyra7
  4. #14,179Taye6
  5. #14,179Aaliha6
  6. #14,179Aalijah6
  7. #14,179Aalisha6
  8. #16,099Aafreen5
  9. #16,099Aajah5
  10. #16,099Aala5

Tied with 1,919 names at #14,179; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 948Rubi#1,561 → #613
  2. ↑ 607Kaydence#984 → #377
  3. ↑ 548Marin#1,383 → #835
  4. ↑ 543Diya#1,416 → #873
  5. ↑ 479Kadence#869 → #390
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,607Arly#949 → #2,556
  2. ↓ 433Shakira#747 → #1,180
  3. ↓ 414Anais#990 → #1,404
  4. ↓ 365Lisbeth#742 → #1,107
  5. ↓ 274Reanna#990 → #1,264

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,984,979 boys got a published name in 2004; 1 in 37,452 of them was named Taye, which outranked 83.4% of the 13,228 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taye
  1. #2,164Tylar54
  2. #2,164Tyrin54
  3. #2,164Xavian54
  4. #2,193Taye53
  5. #2,193Aaryan53
  6. #2,193Anas53
  7. #2,193Brianna53
  8. #2,208Abdulrahman52
  9. #2,208Abelardo52
  10. #2,208Armin52

Tied with 14 names at #2,193; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2003
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,308Koda#2,238 → #930
  2. ↑ 1,190Tayshaun#2,153 → #963
  3. ↑ 1,006Kanye#1,492 → #486
  4. ↑ 910Kyan#1,497 → #587
  5. ↑ 814Jaidyn#1,630 → #816
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Jahiem#873 → #1,328
  2. ↓ 325Ervin#942 → #1,267
  3. ↓ 323Jahir#809 → #1,132
  4. ↓ 282Jaheim#457 → #739
  5. ↓ 270Sabastian#946 → #1,216

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2004 →