Tayshaun
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tay-SHAWN
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Tayshaun is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
Where does Tayshaun come from?
Modern: blend of Tay- and Shaun
Is Tayshaun a girl's or a boy's name?
Tayshaun is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tayshaun in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Tayshaun, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 186 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Tayshaun than any year since 1998.
Half of all the boys named Tayshaun in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tayshaun in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,509 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,428 |
| 2007 | 112 | #1,442 |
| 2006 | 172 | #1,048 |
| 2005 | 186 | #937 |
| 2004 | 174 | #962 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 35 | #2,676 |
| 2000 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
Nicknames for Tayshaun
Names like Tayshaun
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jamir, Hamza, Nasir, Zahir, Yahir, Amir, Zamir, Musa, Nazir, Rayyan, Zayden, Muhammad
Names related to Tayshaun
Tayson, Tyshaun, Tayshawn, Taysen, Tashawn, Tashaun, Tyshun, Taeshawn
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from 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, “Tayshaun: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tayshaun, updated 20 October 2026.