Taino
- Gender
- Boy
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Taino is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Taino mean?
From the Taino, an Arawakan people of the Caribbean
The Taino were the indigenous people of the Greater Antilles, including Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and Cuba.
Is Taino a girl's or a boy's name?
Taino is a boys' name.
How popular is Taino in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the boys named Taino in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
Names like Taino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mikko, Kairo, Tru, Hiro, Zuko, Kato, Kenzo, Kota, Yitzchok, Takai, Yuri, Loki
Names related to Taino
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, “Taino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taino, updated 20 October 2026.