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.

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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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