Taffy — girls' name

What the Data Says About Taffy

The Social Security Administration has registered 875 babies named Taffy between 1943 and 1996, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taffy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taffy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 273 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Taffy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taffy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taffy 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 875 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.