Tay**
#10,367 most common boys' name of all time · #26,289 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1939–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#10,367
Rank overall
#26,289 of 105,966
First appeared
1939
Years on the list
36 of 146
All-time
260
Since 2016
51
Peak year
2001 #5,448
Best rank
#3,812 1955
Girls
Boys
peak 13/yr
Tay first appears in 1939. 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 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,773 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,428 |
| 2022 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,975 |
| 2021 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,407 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,395 |
| 2018 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,404 |
| 2017 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,503 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,843 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,835 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,915 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,959 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,032 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,450 |
| 2007 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,649 |
| 2005 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,783 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,186 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,800 |
| 2002 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,606 |
| 2001 | — | 13 | 13 | #5,448 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,695 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,893 |
| 1992 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,271 |
| 1990 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,461 |
| 1982 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,751 |
| 1977 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 1964 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 1963 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,929 |
| 1962 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #3,901 |
| 1960 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,928 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1958 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1956 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1955 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,812 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,967 |