Taiwan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Taiwan

The Social Security Administration has registered 836 babies named Taiwan between 1969 and 2023, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taiwan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 51 babies received it in a single year. Taiwan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 71 additional births since 1970.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taiwan performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Taiwan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 24 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Taiwan in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taiwan 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 836 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.