Taft Popularity by Year
Follow Taft across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Taft birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 10 | #7,679 | Up 1,308 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 8 | #8,987 | Down 1,249 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 10 | #7,738 | Up 2,085 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 7 | #9,823 | Down 4,887 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 19 | #4,936 | Up 763 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 15 | #5,699 | Up 1,078 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 12 | #6,777 | Down 2,038 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 20 | #4,739 | Up 1,321 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 14 | #6,060 | Down 1,590 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 22 | #4,470 | Up 75 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 21 | #4,545 | Up 1,188 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 15 | #5,733 | Down 562 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 17 | #5,171 | Up 1,455 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 12 | #6,626 | Up 1,453 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 9 | #8,079 | Down 3,231 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 19 | #4,848 | Up 254 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 18 | #5,102 | Up 3,222 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 9 | #8,324 | Up 591 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 8 | #8,915 | Up 3,140 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 5,829 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 12 | #6,226 | Up 489 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 10 | #6,715 | Down 990 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 12 | #5,725 | Up 1,210 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 9 | #6,935 | Down 619 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 10 | #6,316 | Up 3,315 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 5 | #9,631 | Down 2,350 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Up 690 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 6 | #7,971 | Down 179 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 6 | #7,792 | Down 1,924 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 9 | #5,868 | Down 97 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 9 | #5,771 | Down 535 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 10 | #5,236 | Down 476 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 11 | #4,760 | Down 353 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 12 | #4,407 | Up 120 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 11 | #4,527 | Down 612 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 12 | #3,915 | Up 44 places |
| 1987 | Boys | 11 | #3,959 | Up 171 places |
| 1986 | Boys | 10 | #4,130 | Up 1,017 places |
| 1985 | Boys | 7 | #5,147 | Down 1,688 places |
| 1984 | Boys | 12 | #3,459 | Up 1,448 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 7 | #4,907 | Down 314 places |
| 1982 | Boys | 8 | #4,593 | Up 875 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 6 | #5,468 | Up 782 places |
| 1980 | Boys | 5 | #6,250 | Down 2,182 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 9 | #4,068 | Up 1,704 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 5 | #5,772 | Down 1,936 places |
| 1977 | Boys | 9 | #3,836 | Up 1,099 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 2,395 places |
| 1975 | Boys | 16 | #2,540 | Down 27 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 15 | #2,513 | Up 306 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 12 | #2,819 | Down 540 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 17 | #2,279 | Up 1,242 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 8 | #3,521 | Down 459 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 9 | #3,062 | Down 1,100 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 17 | #1,962 | Up 390 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 12 | #2,352 | Up 634 places |
| 1966 | Boys | 8 | #2,986 | Down 620 places |
| 1965 | Boys | 12 | #2,366 | Down 252 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 15 | #2,114 | Up 425 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 11 | #2,539 | Down 353 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 14 | #2,186 | Up 136 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 13 | #2,322 | Down 201 places |
| 1960 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Up 700 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 9 | #2,821 | Down 795 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 16 | #2,026 | Up 67 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 15 | #2,093 | Down 2 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 15 | #2,091 | Up 48 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 14 | #2,139 | Down 183 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 16 | #1,956 | Down 56 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 17 | #1,900 | Up 351 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 12 | #2,251 | Up 815 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 7 | #3,066 | Down 628 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 10 | #2,438 | Down 855 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 22 | #1,583 | Up 635 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 12 | #2,218 | Down 302 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 16 | #1,916 | Up 618 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 9 | #2,534 | Down 901 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 17 | #1,633 | Up 447 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 12 | #2,080 | Down 247 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 16 | #1,833 | Up 312 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 12 | #2,145 | Down 660 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 21 | #1,485 | Up 317 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 15 | #1,802 | Up 807 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 8 | #2,609 | Down 1,050 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 19 | #1,559 | Up 68 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 18 | #1,627 | Up 337 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 13 | #1,964 | Down 35 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 14 | #1,929 | Down 431 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 21 | #1,498 | Up 716 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 11 | #2,214 | Down 705 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 22 | #1,509 | Up 698 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 12 | #2,207 | Down 386 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 17 | #1,821 | Down 149 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 20 | #1,672 | Up 598 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 13 | #2,270 | Up 881 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 8 | #3,151 | Down 12 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 8 | #3,139 | Up 269 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 7 | #3,408 | Up 59 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 7 | #3,467 | Up 840 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 5 | #4,307 | Down 492 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 6 | #3,815 | Down 1,430 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 12 | #2,385 | Up 1,794 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 5 | #4,179 | Down 1,756 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 11 | #2,423 | Down 380 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 14 | #2,043 | Down 336 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 17 | #1,707 | Down 407 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 21 | #1,300 | Down 225 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 22 | #1,075 | Down 105 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 22 | #970 | Down 326 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 23 | #644 | Down 253 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 45 | #391 | Down 73 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 52 | #318 | Down 46 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 62 | #272 | Up 362 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 16 | #634 | — |