Recorded 1997–2017 Boys' name Peak 2004 184 births

Taejon — boys' name

184 babies named Taejon in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s262000s1292010s29
2000s
Peak decade

70% of everyone ever named Taejon was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

19 babies were named Taejon in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Taejon

The Social Security Administration has registered 184 babies named Taejon between 1997 and 2017, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taejon currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taejon performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 129 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taejon shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taejon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 184 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Taejon at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

184

Since 1997

21 years of records

Peak year

2004

19 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1997

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2017

Taejon popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1997

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2004)
19
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
5101520 201720102008200620042002200019981997 6

Taejon by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
129 births that decade — 70% of Taejon's all-time total
1990s262000s1292010s29

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taejon?
184 babies have been named Taejon since 1997. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2004 with 19 births.
When was Taejon most popular?
Taejon was most popular in the 2000s decade with 129 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Taejon been used?
Taejon has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 21 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Taejon?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taevon, Taevion, Tae, Taegan, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.