How Many People Are Named Taya?
An estimated 6,353 people in the United States have the first name Taya. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 21 years old, and Taya peaked in popularity in 1998 with 364 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Taya as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Taya paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
6,353
About 1 in 53,952 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
21
years old
Peak Year
1998
364 births
Total Registered
6,501
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Taya
Taya is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 6,501 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Taya as a female name
Ranked #2,141 in 2024
89 female births in 2024
Peak: 1998 (364 births)
Taya: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Taya span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 2,304 babies were registered. Taya has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Taya by Decade
How has Taya tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Taya by State
Birth registrations for Taya span all 40 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Utah, Texas. The lowest are in West Virginia, New Jersey, Nevada. On average, about 98 Tayas were registered per state.
Taya + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Taya as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Taya
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Taya: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Taya?
We estimate approximately 6,353 people named Taya are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 53,952 Americans share this first name.
Is Taya a common name?
Taya is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 6,501 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Taya most popular?
Taya reached peak popularity in 1998, when 364 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Taya is approximately 21 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Taya a female name?
Taya is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Taya Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Taya Smith, Taya Johnson, Taya Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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