Tai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY
- Origin
- Chinese
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,686 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,516 for boys
Tai is a boys' name of Chinese origin, meaning “great, peaceful (in Chinese)”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 2,516th for boys in the US (53 babies).
What does Tai mean?
Chinese: one of several independent origins
“great, peaceful (in Chinese)”
Several unrelated sources: in Chinese the meaning depends on the character, Vietnamese Tài means talent, and it shortens Yoruba Taiwo.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tai a girl's or a boy's name?
Tai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 11 girls and 53 boys in the US.
How popular is Tai in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,686th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Tai, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 47 boys.
2025 had more boys named Tai than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Tai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were given Tai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,076, up from #1,686 for this spelling alone.
In 2023, 27% of the babies named Tai in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Tai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 18 | #1,479 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,458 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,136 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 41 | #819 |
| 2010 | 47 | #727 |
| 2009 | 31 | #956 |
| 2008 | 39 | #806 |
| 2007 | 27 | #991 |
| 2006 | 36 | #784 |
| 2005 | 40 | #720 |
| 2004 | 39 | #680 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 43 | #549 |
| 2001 | 26 | #748 |
| 2000 | 36 | #589 |
| 1999 | 23 | #782 |
| 1998 | 16 | #980 |
| 1997 | 16 | #973 |
| 1996 | 10 | #1,290 |
How popular is Tai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,516th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 32,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were named Tai, making it the 2,516th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2004, with 133 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922. 11 girls were also named Tai in 2025 (8,858th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Tai in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 401 boys in the US were given Tai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #646, up from #2,516 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 47% of the babies named Tai in the US in 1975, and 17% in 2025.
Tai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #2,516 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 49 | #2,659 |
| 2022 | 55 | #2,492 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,299 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 46 | #2,735 |
| 2018 | 49 | #2,578 |
| 2017 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2014 | 70 | #2,016 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 72 | #1,958 |
| 2011 | 89 | #1,675 |
| 2010 | 71 | #1,956 |
| 2009 | 90 | #1,716 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 103 | #1,527 |
| 2006 | 121 | #1,345 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 133 | #1,170 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,148 |
| 2002 | 88 | #1,444 |
| 2001 | 95 | #1,349 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,279 |
| 1999 | 96 | #1,274 |
| 1998 | 65 | #1,602 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 47 | #1,904 |
| 1995 | 44 | #1,909 |
| 1994 | 53 | #1,684 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 42 | #1,909 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 36 | #2,044 |
| 1989 | 29 | #2,286 |
| 1988 | 40 | #1,726 |
| 1987 | 32 | #1,934 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 35 | #1,660 |
| 1980 | 40 | #1,524 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 21 | #2,205 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,707 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Tai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Minh, Yug, Loki, Shko, Rumi, Yitzchok, Kairo, Yoan, Yusuf, Dakota, Kai, Taio
Other spellings of Tai
Names related to Tai
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin, Yichen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tai, updated 20 October 2026.