Girls' name · since 1955
Taina
Taina has 2,757 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,960 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,757
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Taina is the #5960 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,757 recorded since 1955.
Taina has 2,757 recorded births among girls since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5960 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #3,798 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,960 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,757 born since 1955
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taina ranks #3,798 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,960 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,757 born since 1955, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,798 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,960 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,757
- born since 1955
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taina's 2,757 recorded births place it above 94.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Taina compares
2,757 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Taina's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Taina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,757 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 248 | 21 | 19,840 |
Taina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Taina's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 248, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Taina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 248
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Taina by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,025 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Taina's strongest decade.
1,025 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Taina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 72
1950s
72 births
- 1960s 124
1960s
124 births
- 1970s 201
1970s
201 births
- 1980s
1980s
507 births
- 1990s
1990s
460 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,025 births
- 2010s 235
2010s
235 births
- 2020s 133
2020s
133 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,025 births (37% of all-time use).
How Taina 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 Taina's total volume
Taina by state
Where Taina concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 824 | 29.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 175 | 6.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 152 | 5.5% |
| #4 | California | | 78 | 2.8% |
| #5 | Massachusetts | | 75 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 71 | 2.6% |
| #7 | Connecticut | | 63 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 21 | 0.8% |
824 of 2,757 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Taina appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Taina's data
- Taina's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,025 total births); usage has since declined to 133 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Tainas (824 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Taina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Taina 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.