Tay

Girl · recorded 1956–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 1964best year

Most popular in 1964.

Last recorded in 2018. 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 Tay.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1956

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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 9 recorded years as a table
Tay, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19562
19583
19592
19623
19645
19714
19764
19903
20183

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Tay 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 2018
5
Rank in 2018
#15,682
How rare
1 in 340,214 girls
Since 1956
55

Tay was last recorded in 2018. 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 1964, at 5 per million girls born.

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

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