Tai
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Tai
Skater Tai Babilonia brought this sleek modern name to the world's attention. Pronounced "tie."
Tai for boys#2536 US
Tai, which rhymes with Kai, is a unisex name with a range of international references. It means the equivalent of "too much" in Chinese but is also used as a Maori name meaning "the tide" and in Romanian means "yours." While it's only ever ranked in the U.S. Top 1000 as a girls' name, during the height of the popularity of Olympic skater Tai Babilonia, Tai makes a simple intriguing modern choice for either gender.
Pronounced TY.
As of October 2026, Tai ranked #9397 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #947 in 1980.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #2,039 | 70 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #2,294 | 58 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #2,253 | 60 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,443 | 53 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #2,612 | 49 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #2,758 | 46 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #2,319 | 59 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #2,319 | 60 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #2,512 | 55 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #2,685 | 49 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #2,409 | 58 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,536 | 53 |
World rankings
Tai for boys
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Famous Tais
- Tai Reina BabiloniaGirl
American figure skater
- Tanquil Lisa "Tai" CollinsGirl
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- Taina "Tai" HernandezGirl
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- Tai OrathaiGirl
Thai pop singer
- Tai MurrayGirl
American violinist
- Tai LopezBoy
investor, entrepreneur, author, YouTuber, and podcaster
Tai in pop culture
- Tai FrasierGirl
character in the movie Clueless
- Tai KamiyaBoy
the protagonist of the TV Series Digimon Adventure