Taya Girl
How popular is Taya?
#2,368 girl name in 2025
76 baby girls were named Taya in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
Taya popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,368 for girls (▼ 250 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 76 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-73% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #977 in 2015, #1,503 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1998 (364 girls) |
| Highest rank | #638 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Taya counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Taya family of names ranked #1,641 for girls in 2025 (#1,459 the year before), with 93 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Taya | 76 | 82% |
| Tayah | 10 | 11% |
| Taia | 7 | 8% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Taya is most popular
Babies named Taya per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 0.2 per 1,000 (16 girls)
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Colorado: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 girls)
- Kansas: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Taya by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90 | #3,739 |
| 1970s | 316 | #1,968 |
| 1980s | 319 | #2,158 |
| 1990s | 1,173 | #638 |
| 2000s | 2,304 | #903 |
| 2010s | 1,735 | #977 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,503 |
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Questions
- Is Taya a boy or girl name?
- Taya is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Taya were girls.
- How popular is the name Taya?
- 76 baby girls were named Taya in the US in 2025, making it the 2368th most popular girl name.
- When was Taya most popular?
- Taya peaked in 1998, when 364 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #638 in 1998.
- How many people are named Taya?
- 6,580 babies have been named Taya in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,495 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Taya most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Taya was most common in Utah, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.