Recorded 1991–2017 Girls' name Peak 2003 154 births

Tayona — girls' name

154 babies named Tayona in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s472000s902010s17
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Tayona was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

13 babies were named Tayona in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tayona

The Social Security Administration has registered 154 babies named Tayona between 1991 and 2017, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tayona currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tayona performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tayona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tayona in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tayona 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 154 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.

Tayona at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

154

Since 1991

27 years of records

Peak year

2003

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1991

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2017

Tayona popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1991

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2003)
13
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
468101214 20172009200620032000199719921991 6

Tayona by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
90 births that decade — 58% of Tayona's all-time total
1990s472000s902010s17

Tayona by state

Where Tayona concentrates geographically — total births since 1991

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Tayona
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Maryland
5 3.2%
Maryland share of Tayona's total US births 3.2%

5 of 154 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tayona?
154 babies have been named Tayona since 1991. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2003 with 13 births.
When was Tayona most popular?
Tayona was most popular in the 2000s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
Where is Tayona most popular?
The top states for the name Tayona are Maryland (5 births).
How long has the name Tayona been used?
Tayona has been recorded in Social Security data since 1991, spanning 27 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Tayona?
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.

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, 1991–2017 (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.