Boys' name · since 1998
Tayo
Tayo has 243 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,210 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tayo currently ranks #4210 among boys' names in America, with 243 babies recorded since 1998.
Tayo has 243 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4210 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #11,851 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,210 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 243 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tayo ranks #11,851 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,210 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 243 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #11,851 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,210 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 243
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Tayo's 243 recorded births place it above 73.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Tayo compares
243 41st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Tayo's all-time total is 34% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tayo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 243 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tayo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tayo splits its recorded history at 2015: 69% of all births land in the more recent half, 31% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 29 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tayo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Tayo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (127 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Tayo's strongest decade.
127 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Tayo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 33
2000s
33 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
127 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 127 births (52% of all-time use).
Tayo by state
Where Tayo concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 8.6% |
21 of 243 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tayo's data
- California records the most Tayos (21 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tayo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Tayo 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.