Tae
Boy · TEH · Korean
Tae is a boys' name of Korean origin, meaning “great; big”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Tae mean?
Korean: Korean name element
“great; big”
A common element of Korean names, as in Tae-yang or Tae-hyun; meaning depends on the Chinese character.
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- TEH
Is Tae a girl's or a boy's name?
Tae is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tae in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Tae, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
2025 had more boys named Tae than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Tae in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Tae in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Tae in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Tae, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the boys named Tae in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tae in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 14 | #4,220 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #3,731 |
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