Taz — #4728 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Taz

The Social Security Administration has registered 510 babies named Taz between 1960 and 2024, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Taz currently holds the #4728 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 182 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Taz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Taz in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taz 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 510 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.