Recorded 1993–2013 Boys' name Peak 2011 54 births

Taishi — boys' name

54 babies named Taishi in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2011. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s162000s232010s15
2000s
Peak decade

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

2011
Single peak year

10 babies were named Taishi in 2011 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Taishi

The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Taishi between 1993 and 2013, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taishi currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taishi performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taishi shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taishi 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 54 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.

Taishi at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

54

Since 1993

21 years of records

Peak year

2011

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1993

Recorded for 21 years

Last year on file: 2013

Taishi popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1993

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2011)
10
Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
4681012 201320112009200720062003199919941993 5

Taishi by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
23 births that decade — 43% of Taishi's all-time total
1990s162000s232010s15

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Taishi?
54 babies have been named Taishi since 1993. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2011 with 10 births.
When was Taishi most popular?
Taishi was most popular in the 2000s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Taishi been used?
Taishi has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 21 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Taishi?
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, 1993–2013 (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.