Taisha vs Taitum
American parents have registered 2,838 Taishas since 1880, against 597 Taitums. But in 2025 it was Taitum that was commoner, 26 babies to 13.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Taisha Taitum
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 60 years in which either name was published, Taisha for 43 years and Taitum for 17 years. The lead changed hands 5 times.
Side by side
| Taisha | Taitum | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 2,838 | 597 |
| Most in one year | 123 | 40 |
| Babies in 2025 | 13 | 26 |
| Estimated living today | 2,800 | 590 |
| Median age today | 38 | 13 |
| Peak year | 1984 | 2011 |
| Best rank | 1,120th girls | 4,915th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,885th | 6,325th |
| First recorded | 1966 | 1997 |
| Girls / boys | 2,838 / 0 | 487 / 110 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Taishas alive today are over 38; half the Taitums are over 13. That is 25 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Taisha and Taitum.