Taiwo
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- TY-woh
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Taiwo is a name of Yoruba origin, meaning “first to taste the world”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Taiwo mean?
Yoruba: Yoruba, short for Taiyewo
“first to taste the world”
Taiwo is given to the first-born of Yoruba twins; the second, Kehinde, is traditionally regarded as the elder.
Is Taiwo a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Taiwo has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls and 3 boys in the UK.
How popular is Taiwo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 325% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Taiwo, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls. 3 boys were also named Taiwo in 2025 (5,065th for boys).
2025 had more girls named Taiwo than any year since 2016.
Half of all the girls named Taiwo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Girls were 38% of the babies named Taiwo in the UK in 1996, and 70% in 2025.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Taiwo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Taiwo in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1992, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Taiwo in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taiwo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Nicknames for Taiwo
- Tai 16 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Taiwo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki, Suki, Rumi, Tori, Yumna, Mika, Miri, Yuna, Akua, Akosua, Kyomi, Arzoi
Names related to Taiwo
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa, Ayomide, Tobi, Oluwadarasimi, Oluwatamilore, Ireoluwa, Inioluwa, Ifeoluwa, Iremide, Araoluwa, Ayomikun, Oluwanifemi, Morayo, Temiloluwa, Obaloluwa, Oluwatobiloba
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, “Taiwo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taiwo, updated 20 October 2026.