Recorded 1997–2005 Boys' name Peak 1997 10 births

Tsai — boys' name

10 babies named Tsai in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s5
1990s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Tsai was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

5 babies were named Tsai in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tsai

The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Tsai between 1997 and 2005, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tsai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 5 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tsai performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Tsai shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tsai 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 10 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.

Tsai at a glance

Last recorded 2005

Total births

10

Since 1997

9 years of records

Peak year

1997

5 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2005

Active since

1997

Recorded for 9 years

Last year on file: 2005

Tsai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1997

Last recorded 2005
Peak year (1997)
5
Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
5 20051997 5

Tsai by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
5 births that decade — 50% of Tsai's all-time total
1990s52000s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tsai?
10 babies have been named Tsai since 1997. It was last recorded in 2005. The peak year was 1997 with 5 births.
When was Tsai most popular?
Tsai was most popular in the 1990s decade with 5 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Tsai been used?
Tsai has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 9 years of data through 2005.

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, 1997–2005 (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.