How Many People Are Named Tai?
people named Tai are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 71,205 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,937 babies named Tai in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
199 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese 太 (tài) meaning "very, extreme" or other characters pronounced in a similar way.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Tai, 36.8% were girls and 63.2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Tai fell from 46.3% in the 1970s to 19.3% in the 2020s. It was highest in the 1980s, at 65.2%.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Tai alive today is about 26 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Tai first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1980, to 199 babies. In 2025, 64 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Tai has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,153, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #2,536. Among girls, its best rank was #947, in 1980.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,536 | #9,394 |
| Best rank | #1,153 (2003) | #947 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,399 in the 2000s | #1,766 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Tai alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Tai were born in California than in any other state: about 672 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Tai was given 3.2 times as often in California, 1.8 times in New York and 1.6 times in Florida.
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