Girls' name · since 1967
Taffany
219 babies named Taffany in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
219 girls have been named Taffany since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Taffany recorded 219 times among girls since 1967, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 1994.
- #18,903 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 219 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taffany ranks #18,903 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,903 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 219
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Taffany's 219 recorded births place it above 73.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taffany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taffany's full recorded timeline at 1982, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1991, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1988 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taffany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1994
- Peak year (1988)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Taffany by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (110 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Taffany's strongest decade.
110 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Taffany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 13
1960s
13 births
- 1970s
1970s
66 births
- 1980s
1980s
110 births
- 1990s 30
1990s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 110 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Taffany's data
- Taffany's decade-level peak was the 1980s (110 total births); usage has since declined to 30 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taffany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1967–1994 (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 Taffany 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.