Tayo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TY-o
- Origin
- Yoruba
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,138 for boys
Tayo is a boys' name of Yoruba origin, meaning “joy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 4,138th for boys in the US (25 babies).
What does Tayo mean?
Yoruba: short form of names such as Temitayo
“joy”
Usually a short form of longer Yoruba names containing ayo, joy, such as Temitayo.
Is Tayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 25 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Tayo, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 19 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tayo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Tayo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Tayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,452 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 19 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Tayo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,138among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 68,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 25 boys in the US were named Tayo, making it the 4,138th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 29 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the boys named Tayo in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #4,138 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
Names like Tayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tobechukwu Obi Oluwademilade Obaloluwa Ireoluwa Inioluwa Boluwatife Oluwadarasimi Oluwatobiloba Ifeoluwa Ayomide Kairo
Names related to Tayo
More Yoruba names
Tiaraoluwa Tobi Oluwatamilore Iremide Araoluwa Ayomikun Oluwanifemi Morayo Temiloluwa Oreoluwa Sade Anjolaoluwa Tifeoluwa Olamide Akorede Imisioluwa
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, “Tayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayo, updated 20 October 2026.