Taft
Taft was the 8171st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1908, when it ranked 273rd with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,488 places. More babies were named Taft in the 1910s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #8,171 boys, down 2,226 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 10boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 190862 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,544babies recorded
Taft popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,171 | 10 |
| 2020 | #5,945 | 15 |
| 2010 | #5,017 | 19 |
| 2000 | #6,768 | 10 |
| 1990 | #4,641 | 12 |
| 1980 | #7,182 | 5 |
| 1970 | #3,801 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,197 | 15 |
| 1950 | #2,562 | 10 |
| 1940 | #1,885 | 15 |
| 1930 | #1,882 | 17 |
| 1920 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1910 | #393 | 45 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Taft, counting every spelling?
Taft has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Taft?
10 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taft (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Taft born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 831 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taft.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taft?
About 800 people born in the US named Taft are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 15 and 63. That makes Taft mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Taft by state
How common Taft was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Taft
How popular is the name Taft?
Taft was the 8171st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 10 babies. Its best year was 1908, when it ranked 273rd with 62 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 3,488 places. More babies were named Taft in the 1910s than in any other decade.
Is Taft a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Taft in the US.
Where is Taft most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taft was most common in Utah (0.07 per 1,000 boys).