Tae

Tae was the #7,679 boys' name in the US in 2025 (10 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales.

Tae as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Tae as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Tae as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,679 (10)#3,684 (5)—
2024#10,938 (6)——
2023#6,897 (12)——
2022#7,262 (11)#4,790 (3)—
2021#6,335 (13)#4,789 (3)—
2020—#3,334 (5)—
2019#8,889 (8)——
2018#8,819 (8)#3,011 (6)—
2017#12,246 (5)#4,812 (3)—
2016#9,664 (7)——
2015#7,491 (10)——
2014#9,642 (7)——
2013#10,728 (6)#4,685 (3)—
2012#6,306 (13)#3,039 (6)—
2011#8,767 (8)——

Tae as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Tae as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Tae as a girl’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2007—#4,294 (4)
2006#17,168 (5)#4,157 (4)
2005#16,462 (5)—
2004#14,179 (6)—
2003#13,844 (6)#4,373 (3)
2002#13,595 (6)—
2001#11,020 (8)—
2000#10,745 (8)—
1999#7,716 (12)—
1998#11,138 (7)—
1997#7,742 (11)—
1991#13,147 (5)—
1980#8,178 (7)—
1979#9,010 (6)—
1974#8,775 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2000 at #3,922.
  • First recorded in the US in 1952.
  • In 2006, 31% of US babies named Tae were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Tae is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 500,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TaeCanadaBoys—too few
TaeEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TaeEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
TaeUSGirls—too few
TaeUSBoys#7,67910