Taye is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “first to taste the world”, short form of Taiwo, also Amharic in Ethiopia. In Yoruba tradition the first-born twin is Taiwo or Taye, 'taste the world', and the second is Kehinde.

Taye

Gender: Boy
Say it: TAH-yeh
Origin: Yoruba
UK rank, 2025: #3,021 for boys
US rank, 2025: #9,710 for boys

Taye is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “first to taste the world”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Taye mean?

Yoruba: short form of Taiwo, also Amharic in Ethiopia

“first to taste the world”

In Yoruba tradition the first-born twin is Taiwo or Taye, 'taste the world', and the second is Kehinde.

Is Taye a girl's or a boy's name?

Taye is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Taye in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #3,021among boys
Babies in 2025: 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Taye, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 23 boys.

Half of all the boys named Taye in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2010, 21% of the babies named Taye in the UK were girls.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.

2000Busiest: 23 in 20082025

Taye in the UK, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#3,021
2024	5	#3,772
2023	0	–
2022	7	#2,922
2021	5	#3,614
2020	9	#2,359
2019	7	#2,878
2018	3	#4,959
2017	7	#2,875
2016	5	#3,655
2015	10	#2,260
2014	9	#2,378
2013	10	#2,176
2012	10	#2,230
2011	8	#2,503
2010	15	#1,654
2009	17	#1,451
2008	23	#1,171
2007	21	#1,205
2006	9	#1,995
2005	14	#1,445
2004	13	#1,417
2003	15	#1,205
2002	10	#1,490
2001	6	#2,049
2000	9	#1,503

How popular is Taye in the US?

Rank in 2025: #9,710among boys
Babies in 2025: 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Taye, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Half of all the boys named Taye in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2005, 10% of the babies named Taye in the US were girls.

1998Busiest: 53 in 20042025

Taye in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	7	#9,710
2024	0	–
2023	8	#8,916
2022	6	#10,855
2021	11	#7,084
2020	11	#7,029
2019	0	–
2018	6	#10,754
2017	0	–
2016	6	#10,739
2015	8	#8,739
2014	16	#5,481
2013	10	#7,532
2012	21	#4,530
2011	14	#5,939
2010	28	#3,707
2009	29	#3,637
2008	37	#3,101
2007	28	#3,685
2006	37	#2,978
2005	45	#2,489
2004	53	#2,189
2003	37	#2,670
2002	32	#2,878
2001	27	#3,223
2000	46	#2,171
1999	35	#2,506
1998	21	#3,482

Names like Taye

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Hamza Muhammad Ahmed Musa Abdullah Ibrahim Taha Umar Rayyan Mustafa Talha Zayd

Names related to Taye

Tayo Tye Taeo Tae Tay

More Yoruba names

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Every Yoruba name

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, “Taye: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taye, updated 20 October 2026.