Girls' name · since 1975

Tayana

Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 817 babies named Tayana, peaking in 2003. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#8,614 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,295 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
817
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade

817 babies have been named Tayana since 1975, making it today's #10295 girls' name.

Tayana has 817 recorded births among girls since 1975, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10295 as of the latest data, more common than 40% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.

  • #8,614 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #10,295 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 817 born since 1975
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tayana ranks #8,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,295 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 817 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.

#8,614 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#10,295 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
817
born since 1975
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%40.4%
Tayana vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Tayana's 817 recorded births place it above 88.09% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

5 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.

How Tayana compares

817 Top 36% higher than 64% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Tayana's all-time total is 117% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Tayana Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 817 376 567,345
Peak-year births 41 21 19,840

Tayana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Tayana's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2003 peak of 41, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Tayana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2003)
41
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
01020304050 197519871993199920052011201720242025 9

Tayana by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (290 births, 35% of the file).

2000s was Tayana's strongest decade.

290 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.

Tayana births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 290 births (35% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Tayana compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Tayana's total volume

Tayana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10%12%14% 20406080 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -35, 11.6%-24, 9.8%-42, 6.9%-47, 8.2%-75, 2.9%-43, 10.8%-25, 5.9%-37, 6.4%-75, 3.2%-33, 6.3%-59, 4%-51, 5.3%-35, 5.9%-39, 6%-33, 4.9%Tayana-51, 5%Tayana
Tayana vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Tayana by state

Where Tayana concentrates geographically, total births since 1975

Geographically diffuse
Top 5 states by recorded births for the name Tayana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
7 0.9%
#2 Georgia
6 0.7%
#3 California
5 0.6%
#4 Ohio
5 0.6%
#5 Pennsylvania
5 0.6%
New York share of Tayana's total US births 0.9%
Even split

7 of 817 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tayana?
817 babies have been named Tayana since 1975. All-time, it sits at #8,614 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #10,295 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2003 with 41 births.
Where does Tayana sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tayana ranks #8,614 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,295 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tayana most popular?
Tayana was most popular in the 2000s decade with 290 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Tayana most popular?
The top states for the name Tayana are New York (7 births), Georgia (6 births), California (5 births).
How long has the name Tayana been used?
The SSA has tracked Tayana since 1975 -- 51 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Tayana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taylor, Tayler, Taya, Tayla, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Tayana's data

  • Tayana's decade-level peak was the 2000s (290 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • New York records the most Tayanas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Tayana

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Tayana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1975–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tayana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.