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 1976
Top girls' names in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
girls
1,465,099 girls got a published name in 1976; 1 in 146,510 of them was named Taiwan, which outranked 48.7% of the 10,913 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,215Yolander11
- #5,215Zana11
- #5,215Zanetta11
- #5,601Taiwan10
- #5,601Abbe10
- #5,601Adrena10
- #5,601Agustina10
- #6,048Abelina9
- #6,048Adair9
- #6,048Adrean9
Tied with 446 names at #5,601; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 30,765 of them was named Taiwan, which outranked 81.4% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,190Ravi52
- #1,190Rey52
- #1,190Shiloh52
- #1,210Taiwan51
- #1,210Anwar51
- #1,210Basil51
- #1,210Darien51
- #1,225Augustin50
- #1,225Dajuan50
- #1,225Davey50
Tied with 14 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.