Tai**
#1,746 most common boys' name of all time · #4,244 across all names · 63% male / 37% female · used 1922–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,746
Rank overall
#4,244 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
62 of 146
All-time
4,937
Since 2016
679
Peak year
1980 #1,536
Best rank
#1,150 2003
Girls
Boys
peak 199/yr
Tai first appears in 1922. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | 53 | 64 | #2,522 |
| 2024 | 12 | 58 | 70 | #2,398 |
| 2023 | 16 | 49 | 65 | #2,669 |
| 2022 | 16 | 55 | 71 | #2,502 |
| 2021 | 10 | 60 | 70 | #2,306 |
| 2020 | 15 | 59 | 74 | #2,302 |
| 2019 | 14 | 46 | 60 | #2,741 |
| 2018 | 10 | 49 | 59 | #2,592 |
| 2017 | 17 | 53 | 70 | #2,425 |
| 2016 | 16 | 60 | 76 | #2,237 |
| 2015 | 16 | 58 | 74 | #2,284 |
| 2014 | 15 | 70 | 85 | #2,024 |
| 2013 | 10 | 71 | 81 | #1,948 |
| 2012 | 15 | 72 | 87 | #1,966 |
| 2011 | 24 | 89 | 113 | #1,679 |
| 2010 | 14 | 71 | 85 | #1,962 |
| 2009 | 22 | 90 | 112 | #1,719 |
| 2008 | 27 | 84 | 111 | #1,781 |
| 2007 | 36 | 103 | 139 | #1,529 |
| 2006 | 31 | 121 | 152 | #1,348 |
| 2005 | 36 | 107 | 143 | #1,393 |
| 2004 | 41 | 133 | 174 | #1,176 |
| 2003 | 36 | 131 | 167 | #1,150 |
| 2002 | 48 | 88 | 136 | #1,452 |
| 2001 | 42 | 95 | 137 | #1,354 |
| 2000 | 32 | 101 | 133 | #1,284 |
| 1999 | 40 | 96 | 136 | #1,279 |
| 1998 | 44 | 65 | 109 | #1,610 |
| 1997 | 42 | 50 | 92 | #1,872 |
| 1996 | 30 | 47 | 77 | #1,916 |
| 1995 | 23 | 44 | 67 | #1,926 |
| 1994 | 32 | 53 | 85 | #1,700 |
| 1993 | 32 | 44 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 1992 | 39 | 42 | 81 | #1,929 |
| 1991 | 55 | 39 | 94 | #1,969 |
| 1990 | 38 | 36 | 74 | #2,065 |
| 1989 | 27 | 29 | 56 | #2,323 |
| 1988 | 25 | 40 | 65 | #1,754 |
| 1987 | 23 | 32 | 55 | #1,952 |
| 1986 | 42 | 42 | 84 | #1,579 |
| 1985 | 38 | 26 | 64 | #2,137 |
| 1984 | 59 | 38 | 97 | #1,597 |
| 1983 | 79 | 37 | 116 | #1,609 |
| 1982 | 88 | 37 | 125 | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 126 | 35 | 161 | #1,679 |
| 1980 | 159 | 40 | 199 | #1,536 |
| 1979 | 47 | 36 | 83 | #1,618 |
| 1978 | 29 | 21 | 50 | #2,246 |
| 1977 | 21 | 31 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1976 | 34 | 36 | 70 | #1,527 |
| 1975 | 14 | 16 | 30 | #2,592 |
| 1974 | 9 | 15 | 24 | #2,607 |
| 1973 | 7 | 12 | 19 | #2,935 |
| 1972 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,906 |
| 1971 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #2,760 |
| 1970 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #3,193 |
| 1969 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #3,784 |
| 1966 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,383 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1924 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,853 |
| 1922 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,952 |