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How popular is the name Tey?

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

Tey (male), a spelling of Taye, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 4810th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since.

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 Tey each year?

Includes all spellings: Tey, Tae, Tay, Taye. 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: 82017: 132018: 92019: 72020: 162021: 82022: 92023: 52024: 52025: 12actual

Where does the Tey spelling rank?

1101001,0005,0002016: ranked 4,810

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

Common questions

When was the name Tey most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Taye, peaked in 2007, when 31 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Tey spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 3 babies.

How many people are called Tey?

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

How old is the typical Tey?

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

Is Tey becoming more or less popular?

It has faded from the rankings.






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