Boys' name · since 1997
Taejon
Taejon has 189 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,323 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,721 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
189 babies have been named Taejon since 1997, making it today's #12721 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Taejon recorded 189 times among boys since 1997, holding rank #12721 nationally today, ahead of 9% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #13,323 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,721 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 189 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taejon ranks #13,323 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,721 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 189 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,323 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,721 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 189
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taejon's 189 recorded births place it above 70.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Taejon compares
189 37th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taejon's all-time total is 49% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taejon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 189 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Taejon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taejon splits its recorded history at 2005: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2025 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taejon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2004)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Taejon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (129 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Taejon's strongest decade.
129 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Taejon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
129 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 129 births (68% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taejon's data
- Taejon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (129 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~28 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Taejon draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.