Taiga
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-ga
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Taiga is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “great river”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Taiga mean?
Japanese: often written with characters meaning 'great river'
“great river”
Taiga is also the Russian word for the vast northern conifer forest.
Is Taiga a girl's or a boy's name?
Taiga is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taiga in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Taiga, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2013, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Taiga than any year since 2013.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Taiga in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #5,936 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Taiga in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Taiga, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Taiga in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taiga in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 19 | #4,888 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
Names like Taiga
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn, Brody, Kayden, Ronan, Aiden, Kian, Rowan, Lochlan, Finley, Caelan, Callan, Darragh
Names related to Taiga
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Taiga: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taiga, updated 20 October 2026.