Tau — boys' name

What the Data Says About Tau

The Social Security Administration has registered 34 babies named Tau between 1976 and 2018, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tau currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tau performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tau shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tau 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 34 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.