Taiyo — #6339 US boys' name
298 babies named Taiyo in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Taiyo was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Taiyo in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taiyo
The Social Security Administration has registered 298 babies named Taiyo between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taiyo currently holds the #6339 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taiyo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Taiyo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Taiyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taiyo 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 298 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.
Taiyo at a glance
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Current rank
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Taiyo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2008)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #6339 among boys.
298 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 16 births in a single year.
Taiyo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 118 births that decade — 40% of Taiyo's all-time total
Taiyo decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 112 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Taiyo's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Taiyo by state
Where Taiyo concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 11.4% |
34 of 298 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.