Unisex name · since 1996
Taige
118 babies named Taige in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,314 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Taige is the #6314 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 118 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Taige recorded 118 times among boys since 1996, holding rank #6314 nationally today, ahead of 55% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #16,343 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,314 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 118 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taige ranks #16,343 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,314 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 118 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #16,343 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,314 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 118
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taige's 118 recorded births place it above 64.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Taige compares
118 29th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Taige's all-time total is 68% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taige | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 118 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Taige's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taige's full recorded timeline at 2007, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taige popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #6314 among boys.
118 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Taige popularity over time - girls
103 total births recorded since 2004 (Taige as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Taige accounts for 47% of total recorded use across both genders.
Taige by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (56 births, 47% of the file).
2000s was Taige's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Taige births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 17
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
56 births
- 2010s 13
2010s
13 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 56 births (47% of all-time use).
Taige decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Taige by state
Where Taige concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
- Utah 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Taige's data
- Taige's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Taiges (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taige: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Taige 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.
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