Taya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAY-a
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,368 for girls
Taya is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 2,368th for girls in the US (76 babies).
Where does Taya come from?
Possibly a Russian pet form of Taisiya, or a modern coinage
More on Wiktionary.
Is Taya a girl's or a boy's name?
Taya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 76 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,512among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Taya, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 101 girls.
Half of all the girls named Taya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 44 girls in the UK were given Taya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #796, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Taya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 38 | #974 |
| 2021 | 32 | #1,138 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 37 | #1,028 |
| 2017 | 40 | #992 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 49 | #844 |
| 2014 | 49 | #850 |
| 2013 | 64 | #686 |
| 2012 | 86 | #548 |
| 2011 | 86 | #535 |
| 2010 | 101 | #467 |
| 2009 | 93 | #491 |
| 2008 | 81 | #525 |
| 2007 | 93 | #472 |
| 2006 | 101 | #442 |
| 2005 | 57 | #624 |
| 2004 | 82 | #473 |
| 2003 | 75 | #488 |
| 2002 | 48 | #629 |
| 2001 | 55 | #571 |
| 2000 | 49 | #606 |
| 1999 | 25 | #947 |
| 1998 | 26 | #922 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 24 | #924 |
How popular is Taya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,368among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 76about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 76 girls in the US were named Taya, making it the 2,368th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,503rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 364 girls. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer girls named Taya than any year since 1996.
Half of all the girls named Taya in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 132 girls in the US were given Taya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,393, up from #2,368 for this spelling alone.
Taya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,368 |
| 2024 | 90 | #2,118 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,802 |
| 2022 | 109 | #1,856 |
| 2021 | 114 | #1,780 |
| 2020 | 142 | #1,503 |
| 2019 | 156 | #1,429 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 196 | #1,224 |
| 2016 | 234 | #1,098 |
| 2015 | 277 | #977 |
| 2014 | 95 | #2,049 |
| 2013 | 109 | #1,849 |
| 2012 | 135 | #1,602 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,469 |
| 2010 | 235 | #1,054 |
| 2009 | 283 | #942 |
| 2008 | 186 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | 199 | #1,244 |
| 2006 | 213 | #1,149 |
| 2005 | 214 | #1,105 |
| 2004 | 249 | #961 |
| 2003 | 250 | #941 |
| 2002 | 242 | #923 |
| 2001 | 226 | #960 |
| 2000 | 242 | #903 |
| 1999 | 298 | #749 |
| 1998 | 364 | #638 |
| 1997 | 239 | #855 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,583 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 31 | #3,501 |
| 1992 | 43 | #2,772 |
| 1991 | 40 | #2,880 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 31 | #3,160 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 36 | #2,681 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 37 | #2,532 |
| 1981 | 47 | #2,158 |
| 1980 | 37 | #2,537 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 24 | #2,969 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 24 | #2,874 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
Names like Taya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zainab Summer Aaliyah Hafsa Hiba Maya Ayah Huda Rahma Raya Amira
Other spellings of Taya
Names related to Taya
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, “Taya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taya, updated 20 October 2026.