How Many People Are Named Tayah?
An estimated 1,314 people in the United States have the first name Tayah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 19 years old, and Tayah peaked in popularity in 1999 with 103 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tayah 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 Tayah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,314
About 1 in 260,848 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
19
years old
Peak Year
1999
103 births
Total Registered
1,333
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tayah
Tayah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,333 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Tayah as a female name
Ranked #7,203 in 2024
16 female births in 2024
Peak: 1999 (103 births)
Tayah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tayah span from the 1990s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2000s, when 608 babies were registered. Tayah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2000s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tayah by Decade
How has Tayah 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.
Tayah by State
Birth registrations for Tayah span all 13 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Michigan, Texas. The lowest are in Oregon, Illinois, Wisconsin. On average, about 16 Tayahs were registered per state.
Tayah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tayah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Tayah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tayah?
We estimate approximately 1,314 people named Tayah 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 260,848 Americans share this first name.
Is Tayah a common name?
Tayah is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,333 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tayah most popular?
Tayah reached peak popularity in 1999, when 103 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tayah is approximately 19 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tayah a female name?
Tayah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tayah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tayah Smith, Tayah Johnson, Tayah 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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