How rare is the name Taya?

5,587 people in the United States have the first name Taya, about 1 in 54,060. It ranks #3,654 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TAYA

#3,654

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,587
About
1 in 54,060
This common or more
82.8%
Who bears it

Of the 5,587 people named Taya, 61.8% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Black and 9.9% as two or more races. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Taya peaked in 1998, when 364 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
364
In 2025*
76 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,580 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Taya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,857. The largest share of babies named Taya, 56.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#6,88090
1970s#3,953316
1980s#4,633319
1990s#2,4331,173
2000s#1,8572,304
2010s#2,4211,735
2020s#3,401643
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–806.2%
Millennials 1981–968.4%
Generation Z 1997–1256.6%
2013 and later28.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Taya is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Taya has been most common in Utah (9.4×), South Dakota (6.2×), and Idaho (5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.33×).

3,939 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Taya

#3,650 Youssef · 5,589#3,653 Saira · 5,588#3,655 Letha · 5,586#3,656 Edmundo · 5,578

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Taya, most common first.

#5,578 Taha · 3,047#6,726 Tay · 2,350#11,324 Tayah · 1,139#13,248 Taye · 917#17,856 Taiya · 610#18,260 Taia · 592#24,063 Tayo · 403#27,410 Taeya · 334

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