Taiwan
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #9,545 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 92.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 51 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 842since 1969
Taiwan over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #12,022 | 5 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #9,670 | 7 | |
| 2017 | — | #8,140 | 9 | |
| 2016 | — | #8,816 | 8 | |
| 2015 | — | #10,644 | 6 | |
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | #6,626 | 12 | |
| 2011 | — | #7,009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | — | #7,591 | 10 | |
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,278 | 15 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,114 | 20 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,591 | 21 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,597 | 20 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,202 | 22 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,191 | 21 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,596 | 18 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,002 | 11 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,920 | 15 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,231 | 13 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,089 | 6 | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #3,653 | 12 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | — | #2,824 | 16 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,272 | 22 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,518 | 19 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,418 | 20 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #1,598 | 36 |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #1,452 | 41 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | #1,407 | 42 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | #1,210 | 51 |
| 1975 | #5,984 | 9 | #1,704 | 29 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | #1,832 | 25 |
| 1973 | — | #2,311 | 17 | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #2,819 | 12 |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | — | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Taiwan! It came in at #4,404, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1969–1970, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Taiwan
- 1,327 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #10,695)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1969
- Peaked 1976 at #1,210 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1980, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 30,765 boys born in 1976 were named Taiwan (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.2% of all boys named Taiwan (263) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1970, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5 | #4,404 (1969) | #4,404 |
| 1970s | 263 | #1,210 (1976) | #1,942 |
| 1980s | 151 | #2,272 (1983) | #3,400 |
| 1990s | 162 | #3,191 (1995) | #4,175 |
| 2000s | 164 | #3,228 (2001) | #5,374 |
| 2010s | 75 | #6,626 (2012) | #8,891 |
| 2020s | 22 | #10,695 (2025) | #11,467 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Taiwan in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 161,985 of them was named Taiwan, which outranked 43.6% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,516Yoko10
- #5,516Zalika10
- #5,516Zorana10
- #5,984Taiwan9
- #5,984Adalia9
- #5,984Adama9
- #5,984Addy9
- #6,484Adaline8
- #6,484Adana8
- #6,484Adeana8
Tied with 499 names at #5,984; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 53,840 of them was named Taiwan, which outranked 73.1% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,658Waymon30
- #1,658Wendy30
- #1,658Young30
- #1,704Taiwan29
- #1,704Ajay29
- #1,704Alford29
- #1,704Alonza29
- #1,753Addison28
- #1,753Brodie28
- #1,753Daniele28
Tied with 48 names at #1,704; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.