Girls' name · since 1997
Taeya
Taeya has 368 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
368 girls have been named Taeya since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Taeya has 368 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2022.
- #14,226 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 368 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taeya ranks #14,226 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 368 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,226 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 368
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taeya's 368 recorded births place it above 80.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Taeya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taeya's full recorded timeline at 2009, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 33 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taeya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2022
- Peak year (1999)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Taeya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (197 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Taeya's strongest decade.
197 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Taeya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 62
1990s
62 births
- 2000s
2000s
197 births
- 2010s
2010s
103 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 197 births (54% of all-time use).
Taeya by state
Where Taeya concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 15 | 4.1% |
15 of 368 births nationwide.
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What to do with Taeya's data
- Taeya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (197 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Taeyas (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taeya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1997–2022 (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 Taeya 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.