Taft
Boy · TAFT · English
Taft is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “homestead”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Taft mean?
English: English surname, from Old Norse topt
“homestead”
William Howard Taft is the only person to have served as both US President and Chief Justice.
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- TAFT
Is Taft a girl's or a boy's name?
Taft is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taft in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 40% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Taft, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1908, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1907.
Half of all the boys named Taft in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taft in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 21 | #4,543 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 11 | #4,752 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1967 | 12 | #2,351 |
| 1966 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1965 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 11 | #2,538 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 13 | #2,321 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1956 | 15 | #2,090 |
| 1955 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 17 | #1,899 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 22 | #1,582 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,217 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 9 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | 17 | #1,632 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,079 |
| 1943 | 16 | #1,832 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 21 | #1,485 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 8 | #2,609 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 18 | #1,627 |
| 1936 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 1935 | 14 | #1,929 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 22 | #1,509 |
| 1931 | 12 | #2,207 |
| 1930 | 17 | #1,821 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,706 |
| 1914 | 21 | #1,300 |
| 1913 | 22 | #1,075 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 23 | #644 |
| 1910 | 45 | #391 |
| 1909 | 52 | #318 |
| 1908 | 62 | #272 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
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