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.

Taiwan*

#5,086 most common boys' name of all time · #12,587 across all names · 92% male / 8% female · used 1969–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#5,086
Rank overall
#12,587 of 105,966
First appeared
1969
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
913
Since 2016
52
Peak year
1976 #1,224
Best rank
#1,224 1976
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
198020002020

Taiwan first appears in 1969. 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 — 6 6 #10,938
2023 — 6 6 #11,101
2022 — 5 5 #12,682
2020 — 5 5 #12,396
2019 — 6 6 #11,064
2018 — 7 7 #9,902
2017 — 9 9 #8,312
2016 — 8 8 #8,997
2015 — 6 6 #10,928
2014 — 6 6 #10,975
2012 — 12 12 #6,740
2011 — 11 11 #7,138
2010 — 10 10 #7,725
2009 — 7 7 #10,122
2008 — 17 17 #5,313
2007 — 14 14 #6,015
2006 — 21 21 #4,435
2005 — 15 15 #5,379
2004 — 12 12 #6,268
2003 — 20 20 #4,182
2002 — 13 13 #5,514
2001 — 27 27 #3,276
2000 — 18 18 #4,280
1999 — 21 21 #3,644
1998 — 20 20 #3,651
1997 — 15 15 #4,341
1996 — 22 22 #3,250
1995 — 21 21 #3,258
1994 — 18 18 #3,684
1993 — 11 11 #5,170
1992 — 15 15 #4,004
1991 — 13 13 #4,356
1990 — 6 6 #7,535
1989 — 12 12 #4,403
1988 — 12 12 #4,050
1987 — 6 6 #6,489
1986 6 12 18 #3,795
1985 6 12 18 #3,730
1984 — 16 16 #2,914
1983 — 22 22 #2,329
1982 — 19 19 #2,576
1981 — 20 20 #2,481
1980 — 20 20 #2,520
1979 8 36 44 #1,631
1978 5 41 46 #1,470
1977 5 42 47 #1,429
1976 10 51 61 #1,224
1975 9 29 38 #1,749
1974 10 25 35 #1,882
1973 — 17 17 #2,398
1972 7 12 19 #2,977
1971 — 10 10 #3,355
1970 5 — 5 —
1969 — 5 5 #5,026