Taggart
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAG-art
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Taggart is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “son of the priest”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Taggart mean?
Irish: Irish and Scottish surname, from Gaelic Mac an tSagairt
“son of the priest”
The Gaelic surname dates from a time when some priests in the early Celtic church had families.
Is Taggart a girl's or a boy's name?
Taggart is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taggart in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Taggart, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Taggart in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taggart in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 31 | #3,454 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 31 | #3,483 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,311 |
| 2006 | 25 | #3,886 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 15 | #2,398 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Nicknames for Taggart
- Tag 7 boys in the US in 2025
Names like Taggart
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Taggart
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Taggart: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taggart, updated 20 October 2026.