Tay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAY
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Tay is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Tay mean?
English: short form of Taylor and other names beginning Tay-
Also the name of the River Tay, Scotland's longest river.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tay a girl's or a boy's name?
Tay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2009, 29% of the babies named Tay in the UK were girls.
Tay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Tay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 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, 10 boys in the US were named Tay, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1939.
2025 had more boys named Tay than any year since 2001.
Half of all the boys named Tay in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #3,645 |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
Names like Tay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Zayd Hamza Musa Riley Marley Ibrahim Ahmed Abdullah Rayyan Finn Saif
Names related to Tay
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
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, “Tay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tay, updated 20 October 2026.