Recorded 1922–2025 · United States
Tai was most popular in 1980, when 199 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,401 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,741, with 64 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,937 people named Tai.
Tai first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1922, which makes it about 103 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 62 of the 104 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,937 American births named Tai between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,804 are estimated to be alive today.
64 American babies were named Tai in 2025, ranking #4,741 that year.
Tai is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 68 births a year, against 88 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Tai is a unisex name — 36.8% of the 4,937 Americans given it were girls and 63.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 1992 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 20% girls and 80% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,804 Americans named Tai are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 25 years old, and half are between 17 and 39.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org