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How popular is the name Tait?
Births per year, rank history and how many Taits are alive today.
Tait (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Tate in England and Wales, ranked 4271st in 2024 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2039th most popular that year. It has declined since 2011; the 2024 figure is roughly 40% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Tate you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Tates born in England and Wales are between 6 and 18, and there are at least 2,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Tate - on average, only one in every 117 such rooms contains a Tate.
How many babies are named Tait each year?
Includes all spellings: Tait, Tate. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Tait spelling rank?
Where does the Tate spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Tait most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Tate, peaked in 2014, when 159 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Tait spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 10 babies.
How many people are called Tait?
At least 2,600 people named Tait in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Tait?
Most living Taits are between 6 and 18; the most common age is about 12.
Is Tait becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.