Taygan — unisex name
188 babies named Taygan in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Taygan was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Taygan in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Taygan
The Social Security Administration has registered 188 babies named Taygan between 2001 and 2021, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taygan currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 17 babies received it in a single year. Taygan is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 20 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Taygan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taygan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Taygan 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 188 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.
Taygan at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Taygan popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2001
- Peak year (2001)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
188 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 17 births in a single year.
Taygan popularity over time — boys
20 total births recorded since 2003 (Taygan as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Taygan accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Taygan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 89 births that decade — 47% of Taygan's all-time total
Taygan decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Taygan's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
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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, 2001–2021 (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.