How Many People Are Named Taft?
people named Taft are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 404,001 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,544 babies named Taft in Social Security records from 1907 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Taft in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Taft alive today is about 40 years old, and 40% are under 30. Half of them were between 15 and 63 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Taft first appears in the records in 1907 and was given most often in 1908, to 62 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1907 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Taft has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #273, in 1908. In 2025 it ranked #8,167.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,167 |
| Best rank | #273 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,353 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Taft alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Taft were born in Utah than in any other state: about 63 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Taft was given about 63.5 times as often in Utah.
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