Recorded 1988–2019 Boys' name Peak 2003 111 births

Taichi — boys' name

111 babies named Taichi in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s51990s262000s482010s32
2000s
Peak decade

43% of everyone ever named Taichi was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

9 babies were named Taichi in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Taichi

The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Taichi between 1988 and 2019, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taichi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taichi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taichi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taichi 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 111 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.

Taichi at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

111

Since 1988

32 years of records

Peak year

2003

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1988

Recorded for 32 years

Last year on file: 2019

Taichi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1988

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2003)
9
Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
45678910 2019201220092006200019931988 5

Taichi by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
48 births that decade — 43% of Taichi's all-time total
1980s51990s262000s482010s32

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taichi?
111 babies have been named Taichi since 1988. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2003 with 9 births.
When was Taichi most popular?
Taichi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 48 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Taichi been used?
Taichi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 32 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Taichi?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tai, Tait, Taiwan, Taiden, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.