Girls' name · since 1943
Taffy
Taffy has 875 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1962 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 875
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
875 girls have been named Taffy since 1943, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Taffy has 875 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 1996.
- #8,229 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 875 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taffy ranks #8,229 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 875 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #8,229 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 875
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Taffy's 875 recorded births place it above 88.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Taffy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taffy's full recorded timeline at 1967, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1962 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taffy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–1996
- Peak year (1962)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Taffy by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (273 births, 31% of the file).
1960s was Taffy's strongest decade.
273 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Taffy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 62
1940s
62 births
- 1950s
1950s
224 births
- 1960s
1960s
273 births
- 1970s
1970s
215 births
- 1980s 90
1980s
90 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 273 births (31% of all-time use).
How Taffy compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Taffy's total volume
Taffy by state
Where Taffy concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 3.8% |
33 of 875 births nationwide.
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What to do with Taffy's data
- Taffy's decade-level peak was the 1960s (273 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Taffys (33 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.
Keep exploring Taffy
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taffy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~53 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, 1943–1996 (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 Taffy 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.