# Taya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taya/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,580 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,580 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,564, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A transliteration of the Russian or Ukrainian female given name Та́я (Tája)

## 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 | 152 | 1,478 |
| 2012 | 135 | 1,611 |
| 2013 | 109 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 95 | 2,069 |
| 2015 | 277 | 977 |
| 2016 | 234 | 1,102 |
| 2017 | 196 | 1,230 |
| 2018 | 146 | 1,505 |
| 2019 | 156 | 1,434 |
| 2020 | 142 | 1,508 |
| 2021 | 114 | 1,789 |
| 2022 | 109 | 1,869 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,812 |
| 2024 | 90 | 2,132 |
| 2025 | 76 | 2,385 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 85 | 499 |
| 2012 | 86 | 504 |
| 2013 | 64 | 639 |
| 2014 | 49 | 794 |
| 2015 | 49 | 787 |
| 2016 | 38 | 955 |
| 2017 | 38 | 968 |
| 2018 | 37 | 972 |
| 2019 | 33 | 1,039 |
| 2020 | 31 | 1,065 |
| 2021 | 32 | 1,069 |
| 2022 | 37 | 940 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1,575 |
| 2024 | 21 | 1,491 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,454 |

## People named Taya

- Taya Parker, American pornographic actress and model

## 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.