Taffy

Girl · recorded 1943–1996

  • 1996last recorded
  • 1962best year

Most popular in 1962.

Last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Taffy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1943

0122419431956197019831996

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Taffy, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19434
19444
19464
19477
19488
194912
19509
195113
195211
195311
195411
195519
195613
19576
195810
195913
196011
196111
196224
196318
196415
196515
196612
196713
196815
196915
197011
197114
197218
197314
197422
197519
197613
197710
197813
19796
198010
19818
19827
19836
19847
19855
19864
19883
19894
19943
19963

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Taffy 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.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1996
6
Rank in 1996
#11,807
How rare
1 in 292,167 girls
Since 1943
875

Taffy was last recorded in 1996. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1962, at 24 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Taffy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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