# Tai (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tai/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Chinese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /taɪ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,937 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,122 / 1,815 (37% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 759, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 邰 (Tái) and 斄 /𭤎 (Tái).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 5,708 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,177 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,924 |
| 2014 | 15 | 8,014 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,575 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,563 |
| 2017 | 17 | 7,064 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,481 |
| 2019 | 14 | 8,095 |
| 2020 | 15 | 7,533 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,223 |
| 2022 | 16 | 7,254 |
| 2023 | 16 | 7,217 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,891 |
| 2025 | 11 | 9,397 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 89 | 1,686 |
| 2012 | 72 | 1,980 |
| 2013 | 71 | 1,961 |
| 2014 | 70 | 2,039 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,294 |
| 2016 | 60 | 2,253 |
| 2017 | 53 | 2,443 |
| 2018 | 49 | 2,612 |
| 2019 | 46 | 2,760 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,320 |
| 2021 | 60 | 2,320 |
| 2022 | 55 | 2,513 |
| 2023 | 49 | 2,687 |
| 2024 | 58 | 2,413 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2,536 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4 | 3,174 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2001 | 9 | 1,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | 2,105 |
| 2003 | 11 | 1,722 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 907 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,236 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,076 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 16 | 1,613 |

## People named Tai

- Zhou Tai, General serving warlord Sun Quan (died c.223)
- Mai Tai Sing, actor (1923-2018)
- Tai Hara, Australian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.