Tai

Unisex

Tai has been given to 4,937 babies in the U.S. since 1922. It peaked in 1980.

Meaning & origin /taɪ/

Origin: Chinese

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

4,937

Peak year

1980 (199 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1922

10-year trend

▼ -14%

Gender split

37% girls / 63% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Tai.

4,929 babies since 1966

4,950 babies since 1927

4,983 babies since 1948

4,809 babies since 1884

5,067 babies since 1971

4,772 babies since 1953

4,746 babies since 1918

4,737 babies since 1963

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