Recorded 1991–2015 Girls' name Peak 2001 409 births

Tais — girls' name

409 babies named Tais in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s502000s3222010s37
2000s
Peak decade

79% of everyone ever named Tais was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

95 babies were named Tais in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tais

The Social Security Administration has registered 409 babies named Tais between 1991 and 2015, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tais currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 95 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tais performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 322 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tais shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Tais in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tais 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 409 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.

Tais at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

409

Since 1991

25 years of records

Peak year

2001

95 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1991

Recorded for 25 years

Last year on file: 2015

Tais popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1991

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2001)
95
Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
020406080100 2015201020072004200119981991 5

Tais by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
322 births that decade — 79% of Tais's all-time total
1990s502000s3222010s37

Tais by state

Where Tais concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Tais
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
80 19.6%
#2 Texas
56 13.7%
#3 New York
13 3.2%
#4 Illinois
8 2.0%
#5 New Jersey
5 1.2%
California share of Tais's total US births 19.6%
Even split

80 of 409 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tais?
409 babies have been named Tais since 1991. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2001 with 95 births.
When was Tais most popular?
Tais was most popular in the 2000s decade with 322 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Tais most popular?
The top states for the name Tais are California (80 births), Texas (56 births), New York (13 births).
How long has the name Tais been used?
Tais has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 25 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Tais?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taisha, Taina, Tai, Taira, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1991–2015 (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.