Taft

Boy · recorded 1907–2025

  • #7,679in 2025
  • 1 in 170,807boys in 2025
  • −47%last ten years

Most popular in 1908.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1907

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 114 recorded years as a table
Taft, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1907109
1908402
1909317
1910232
1911102
191251
191343
191432
191520
191616
191712
19185
191912
19206
19225
19236
19256
19267
19277
192812
192919
193015
193112
193221
193311
193420
193513
193613
193717
193817
19397
194013
194117
19429
194311
19449
194513
19466
19479
19487
194912
19506
19514
19526
19539
19548
19557
19567
19577
19588
19594
19607
19616
19627
19635
19648
19656
19664
19677
196810
19695
19704
197110
19727
197310
197510
19764
19775
19783
19795
19803
19813
19824
19834
19847
19854
19865
19876
19886
19895
19906
19915
19925
19935
19945
19953
19963
19974
19983
20005
20015
20026
20035
20056
20062
20074
20084
20099
201010
20115
20126
20139
20148
201511
201612
20178
201811
20197
20209
202111
20224
20236
20245
20256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Taft isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
10
Rank in 2025
#7,679
How rare
1 in 170,807 boys
Since 1907
1,544

Most popular in 1908, at 402 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 47% per million boys born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.