girls:
1.8k births since 1959
#3989 (30th percentile)
boys:
3k births since 1922
#2285 (50th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1922
#3935 (49th percentile)
The name Tai is the #3,935 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,803 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 49.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,285 (50.2% percentile) for all time with 3,011 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #3,989 (30.2% percentile) for all time with 1,792 births since 1959.
Tai first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1959 for girls). Birth data for Tai is available in 60 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (58 years for boys and 56 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Tai has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (62.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 75.4% of babies named Tai were boys.
For boys, Tai reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #699) with 62 births per million. The name was most common in 2004, with 63 births per million (ranked 15.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Tai ranks #867 for boys (4.8% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 42.5% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Tai reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 19.6% percentile (ranked #631) with 89 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 89 births per million (ranked 19.6% percentile). Despite a peak around 2020, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Tai ranks #936 for girls (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 10.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Tai".
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