Taiwan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tie-WAHN
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Taiwan is a boys' name of Chinese origin, meaning “terraced bay”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Taiwan mean?
Chinese: from the Chinese place name for the island
“terraced bay”
Taken from the island of Taiwan in East Asia.
Is Taiwan a girl's or a boy's name?
Taiwan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taiwan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 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, 6 boys in the US were named Taiwan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Taiwan in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1979, 18% of the babies named Taiwan in the US were girls.
Taiwan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 27 | #3,223 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 22 | #3,197 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 18 | #3,590 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 12 | #3,910 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 12 | #3,649 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,596 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 19 | #2,517 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 36 | #1,598 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 42 | #1,407 |
| 1976 | 51 | #1,210 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 25 | #1,832 |
| 1973 | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,144 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Taiwan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dakota Keegan Dylan Yitzchok Tristan Logan Yuri Hassan Brennan Devin Rohan Yusuf
Names related to Taiwan
More Chinese names
Lian Jia Mei Tai Tian Jun Mulan Yi Tao San Jian Han Mian Bao Xia Lin
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, “Taiwan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taiwan, updated 20 October 2026.