Taft — #8992 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Taft

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,534 babies named Taft between 1907 and 2024, spanning 118 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taft currently holds the #8992 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1908, when 62 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taft performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Taft shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Utah, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Taft in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taft 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 1,534 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.