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.

Tait

#4,251 most common boys' name of all time · #10,404 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1967–2024

Rank among boys
#4,251
Rank overall
#10,404 of 105,966
First appeared
1967
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,223
Since 2016
98
Peak year
2007 #2,739
Best rank
#1,469 1974
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
198020002020

Tait first appears in 1967. 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
2024 — 10 10 #7,894
2023 — 5 5 #12,592
2022 — 9 9 #8,463
2021 — 11 11 #7,205
2020 — 9 9 #8,209
2019 — 16 16 #5,637
2018 — 8 8 #8,981
2017 — 16 16 #5,610
2016 — 14 14 #6,139
2015 — 14 14 #6,080
2014 — 15 15 #5,817
2013 5 20 25 #4,681
2012 — 21 21 #4,582
2011 — 31 31 #3,458
2010 — 32 32 #3,411
2009 — 33 33 #3,358
2008 — 38 38 #3,077
2007 — 44 44 #2,739
2006 — 43 43 #2,718
2005 — 32 32 #3,200
2004 — 28 28 #3,410
2003 — 24 24 #3,670
2002 — 26 26 #3,390
2001 5 28 33 #3,181
2000 — 33 33 #2,765
1999 — 23 23 #3,418
1998 — 24 24 #3,246
1997 — 23 23 #3,211
1996 6 24 30 #3,067
1995 — 18 18 #3,616
1994 — 17 17 #3,821
1993 — 36 36 #2,187
1992 — 25 25 #2,794
1991 — 26 26 #2,655
1990 — 18 18 #3,395
1989 — 19 19 #3,156
1988 — 14 14 #3,631
1987 — 10 10 #4,413
1986 — 11 11 #4,029
1985 — 15 15 #3,164
1984 — 8 8 #4,773
1983 — 14 14 #3,182
1982 — 14 14 #3,243
1981 — 12 12 #3,538
1980 — 17 17 #2,807
1979 — 24 24 #2,139
1978 — 28 28 #1,864
1977 — 20 20 #2,345
1976 — 28 28 #1,819
1975 — 16 16 #2,621
1974 — 36 36 #1,469
1973 — 21 21 #2,035
1972 — 31 31 #1,565
1971 — 28 28 #1,704
1970 — 20 20 #2,056
1969 — 7 7 #3,908
1968 — 15 15 #2,199
1967 — 5 5 #4,541