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How popular is the name Taye?

Births per year, rank history and how many Tayes are alive today.

Taye (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 21 babies were given the name, the 1125th most popular that year. It has declined since 2007; the 2025 figure is roughly 33% of its peak. Taye is one spelling of a name also recorded as Tae and Tay; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Taye you are most likely to meet is around 18 years old. Half of all Tayes born in England and Wales are between 12 and 22, and there are at least 430 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 Taye - on average, only one in every 705 such rooms contains a Taye.

How many babies are named Taye each year?

Includes all spellings: Taye, Tae, Tay. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

0102030200020201996: 31997: 31998: 32000: 132001: 152002: 92003: 192004: 262005: 222006: 172007: 312008: 292009: 302010: 242011: 132012: 232013: 162014: 92015: 142016: 52017: 132018: 92019: 72020: 162021: 82022: 92023: 52024: 52025: 12actual

Where does the Taye spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020202000: ranked 1,4252001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 1,5192003: ranked 1,1322004: ranked 1,3472005: ranked 1,3772006: ranked 1,8922007: ranked 1,1252008: ranked 1,1562009: ranked 1,3582010: ranked 1,5512011: ranked 2,3902012: ranked 2,2702013: ranked 2,0552014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 2,1502016: ranked 3,4782017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 4,7492019: ranked 2,7282020: ranked 2,4042021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 3,0492024: ranked 3,6892025: ranked 2,952

Where does the Tae spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 2,5872004: ranked 3,0092005: ranked 1,9912006: ranked 4,0522007: ranked 3,0952009: ranked 3,7442010: ranked 3,8652012: ranked 3,0392013: ranked 4,6852017: ranked 4,8122018: ranked 3,0112020: ranked 3,3342021: ranked 4,7892022: ranked 4,7902025: ranked 3,684

Where does the Tay spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,8631997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 2,9012000: ranked 2,5012001: ranked 2,2202003: ranked 2,8572004: ranked 1,7322006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 3,0952008: ranked 2,2762009: ranked 2,1262010: ranked 3,3322011: ranked 3,3002012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 4,6852015: ranked 3,9082017: ranked 4,8122020: ranked 4,6082023: ranked 3,524

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.

Chart: babies named Taye per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 31 in 2007
Taye: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Taye most popular?

Taye peaked in 2007, when 31 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Taye?

At least 430 people named Taye in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Taye?

Most living Tayes are between 12 and 22; the most common age is about 18.

Is Taye becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2007 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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