Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Taffy

#7,723 most common girls' name of all time · #12,923 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1943–1996

Rank among girls
#7,723
Rank overall
#12,923 of 105,966
First appeared
1943
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
875
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1962 #1,667
Best rank
#1,667 1962
Girls Boys peak 47/yr
19601980

Taffy first appears in 1943. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
1996 6 — 6 #12,066
1994 5 — 5 #13,766
1989 7 — 7 #9,917
1988 5 — 5 #12,211
1986 7 — 7 #8,779
1985 8 — 8 #7,748
1984 11 — 11 #6,037
1983 10 — 10 #6,366
1982 12 — 12 #5,667
1981 13 — 13 #5,373
1980 17 — 17 #4,416
1979 10 — 10 #6,359
1978 20 — 20 #3,696
1977 15 — 15 #4,508
1976 19 — 19 #3,607
1975 28 — 28 #2,716
1974 32 — 32 #2,413
1973 20 — 20 #3,285
1972 28 — 28 #2,561
1971 24 — 24 #2,918
1970 19 — 19 #3,364
1969 26 — 26 #2,620
1968 24 — 24 #2,598
1967 21 — 21 #2,752
1966 21 — 21 #2,721
1965 26 — 26 #2,391
1964 28 — 28 #2,325
1963 34 — 34 #2,052
1962 47 — 47 #1,667
1961 23 — 23 #2,596
1960 23 — 23 #2,563
1959 27 — 27 #2,222
1958 20 — 20 #2,641
1957 12 — 12 #3,643
1956 26 — 26 #2,188
1955 37 — 37 #1,726
1954 21 — 21 #2,440
1953 20 — 20 #2,423
1952 21 — 21 #2,325
1951 24 — 24 #2,061
1950 16 — 16 #2,642
1949 20 — 20 #2,268
1948 13 — 13 #2,964
1947 12 — 12 #3,229
1946 6 — 6 #4,856
1944 5 — 5 #5,155
1943 6 — 6 #4,686