Taiyo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TYE-yoh
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Taiyo is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “sun”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Taiyo mean?
Japanese: from Japanese taiyo, usually written with the kanji for 'sun'
“sun”
Is Taiyo a girl's or a boy's name?
Taiyo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taiyo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 240% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Taiyo, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Taiyo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Taiyo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Taiyo, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had more boys named Taiyo than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Taiyo in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taiyo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 15 | #5,670 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Taiyo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Loki Yug Shko Minh Rumi Yoan Taio Tai Kenzo Guto Yitzchok
Names related to Taiyo
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya
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, “Taiyo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taiyo, updated 20 October 2026.