Girl
Taya
Taya means "Possibly Japanese-inspired or elaboration of Kaya" and comes from Japanese, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It is having a real moment, more popular in the 2000s than ever before. These days, it is one of the rarer names on record. It has shown up in U.S. birth records across 6 of the last twelve decades.
EtymologyVariant of Taia/Tayah
JapanesePossibly Japanese-inspired or elaboration of Kaya
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
90
1970s
316
1980s
319
1990s
1,173
2000s
2,299
2010s
1,426
Peaked in the 2000s · 5,623 total U.S. births since 1900