Given name & surname

Taia

Taia is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Taia isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Taia through the years

Babies since 1880
592
0 boys · 592 girls
Most popular year
1998
59 babies
2025
7
#13,051 for girls
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+9%
Steady
010203040198020002025Highest share 19984.4
Taia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1968–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,051 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 59 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 592 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Taia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Tyania

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Takiyah

15Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Modern

Thaila

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Teija

“gift” · “god”

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tyauna

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tityana

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Ahjah

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Modern

Tunyia

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Taia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Taia