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Taft
OriginEnglish
Meaning"building site"
About Taft
A solid, brief but not brusque single-syllable surname with a presidential pedigree.
As of October 2026, Taft ranked #8171 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #273 in 1908.
Editor's take: The name Taft is a boy's name of English origin meaning "building site".
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,681 | 21 | 11 |
| 2016 | #4,599 | 22 | 11.6 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | #4,897 | 20 | 11 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Tafts
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American baseball player
- Opal Taft "Opie" Cates
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- William Howard Taft
26th U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
- Bill Taft
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- Kevin Taft
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- Lorado Taft
American sculptor
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Taft in pop culture
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character in animated series "The Tick"
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