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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #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 2005

  • 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: #1,696 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 21,655 boysNYMassachusetts: 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: #2,419 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 50,833 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. New York#1,696 · 1 in 21,655
  2. California#2,419 · 1 in 50,833

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

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California#2,41951 in 50,833
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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 2005

girls
#16,462
5 births · 1 in 369,568 girls
boys
#2,493
45 births · 1 in 44,385 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #16,462Taye5

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #2,493Taye45
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 369,568 of them was named Taye, which outranked 14.3% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taye
  1. #14,502Zuleica6
  2. #14,502Zyairah6
  3. #14,502Zylah6
  4. #16,462Taye5
  5. #16,462Aalana5
  6. #16,462Aaliyaha5
  7. #16,462Aaliyiah5

Tied with 2,737 names at #16,462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

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

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 44,385 of them was named Taye, which outranked 81.4% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taye
  1. #2,467Usher46
  2. #2,467Zaine46
  3. #2,467Zaki46
  4. #2,493Taye45
  5. #2,493Abrahan45
  6. #2,493Aharon45
  7. #2,493Alessio45
  8. #2,528Adil44
  9. #2,528Alexandros44
  10. #2,528Andrea44

Tied with 34 names at #2,493; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

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

See the top 100 for 2005 →