Girls' name · since 1958
Tayna
Tayna has 874 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1974 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 874
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
874 girls have been named Tayna since 1958, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tayna has 874 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1958 to 2007.
- #8,236 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 874 born since 1958
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tayna ranks #8,236 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 874 born since 1958, peaking in the 1970s.
- #8,236 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 874
- born since 1958
- 1970s
- peak decade
Tayna's 874 recorded births place it above 88.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Tayna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tayna splits its recorded history at 1982: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1992 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1974 peak of 58 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tayna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2007
- Peak year (1974)
- 58
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Tayna by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (354 births, 41% of the file).
1970s was Tayna's strongest decade.
354 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Tayna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 9
1950s
9 births
- 1960s
1960s
167 births
- 1970s
1970s
354 births
- 1980s
1980s
212 births
- 1990s 76
1990s
76 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 354 births (41% of all-time use).
How Tayna 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 Tayna's total volume
Tayna by state
Where Tayna concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 21 | 2.4% |
| #2 | California | | 18 | 2.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 17 | 1.9% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
21 of 874 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Tayna's data
- Tayna's decade-level peak was the 1970s (354 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Taynas (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tayna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1974)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
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, 1958–2007 (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 Tayna 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.