Tayen
A unisex name originating from East Asia with uncertain meanings suggested to include "bright" or "guide".
Name Census estimates that about 176 living Americans carry the first name Tayen. It appears on both sides of the gender split, with 62.4% of registrations being female. The average person named Tayen today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Tayen births was 2007 (22 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Tayen. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Tayen with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
176
~ 1 in 1,947,468 Americans
Peak year
2007
22 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,201
Tracked since 2004
Census
Tayen in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 162 people with the first name Tayen, which placed it at #43,512 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#43,512
National first-name rank
People counted
162
162 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
51.2% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Tayen
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Tayen is White at 51.2%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (16.7%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (14.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Tayen described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Tayen at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White51.2% · 83
- Two or more races16.7% · 27
- American Indian and Alaska Native14.8% · 24
- Black or African American7.4% · 12
- Asian and Pacific Islander5.6% · 9
- Hispanic or Latino4.3% · 7
Gender
Gender distribution for Tayen
Tayen is one of the more evenly split names in the SSA data. Of the 178 total registrations, 67 (37.6%) were male and 111 (62.4%) were female.
Tayen as a male name
- Ranked #5,201 in 2024
- 19 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2024 (19 births)
Tayen as a female name
- Ranked #11,070 in 2023
- 9 female births in 2023
- Peak: 2021 (13 births)
2020 Census snapshot
The 2020 Census sex table shows Tayen on both sides of the split. Of the 156 people counted with this name, 64 were male (41.0%) and 92 were female (59.0%).
Popularity
Tayen: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Tayen from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2020s, with 76 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Tayen by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Tayen during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Tayen
The name Tayen is believed to have originated from the ancient Sumerian language, which was spoken in the southern region of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) around 3500 BC to 2000 BC. The name is derived from the Sumerian word "ta-en," which means "life" or "to live." This suggests that the name Tayen may have been given to individuals as a symbol of vitality and longevity.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Tayen can be found in cuneiform inscriptions on clay tablets from the city of Uruk, an ancient Sumerian city-state located in present-day Iraq. These tablets date back to the 3rd millennium BC and mention individuals with names similar to Tayen, such as Tay-en-ili and Tay-en-zer.
In the ancient Akkadian Empire, which ruled Mesopotamia from around 2350 BC to 2150 BC, there are records of individuals bearing the name Tayen. One notable example is Tayen-ili, a high-ranking official who served under the Akkadian ruler Sargon of Akkad (reigned c. 2334–2279 BC).
The name Tayen also appears in some ancient Sumerian religious texts and mythological stories. For instance, there is a reference to a character named Tayen in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the oldest known literary works in human history, dating back to around 2100 BC.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Tayen. One such figure was Tayen of Sidon, a Phoenician ruler who lived in the 6th century BC and is mentioned in ancient Greek historical records. Another was Tayen the Elder, a renowned scholar and philosopher from the city of Harran (modern-day Turkey) who lived during the 9th century AD and made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy and mathematics.
In the medieval Islamic world, there was a prominent theologian and jurist named Tayen al-Hamadani (d. 1098 AD), who was born in the city of Hamadan (present-day Iran) and authored numerous works on Islamic jurisprudence and theology.
During the Renaissance period, there was an Italian painter named Tayen Bicci (c. 1418–1499), who was known for his frescoes and altarpieces in churches and monasteries across Italy.
Another notable figure with the name Tayen was Tayen Kuroishi (1886–1942), a Japanese poet and literary critic who was active during the Taishō and early Shōwa periods of Japan.
People
Tayen + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Tayen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with T
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Tayen: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tayen?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 176 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Tayen going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,947,468 US residents.
Is Tayen a common name?
We classify Tayen as "Very Rare". It ranks above 72.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 178 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Tayen most popular?
The single biggest year for Tayen was 2007, when 22 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Tayen is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Tayen in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 162 people with the name Tayen, or 0.05 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #43,512 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Tayen in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Tayen?
The 2020 Census sex table shows Tayen on both sides of the split. Of the 156 people counted with this name, 64 were male (41.0%) and 92 were female (59.0%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Tayen?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Tayen is White at 51.2%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (16.7%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (14.8%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Tayen most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Tayen in the 2020 Census, accounting for 51.2% (83 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Tayen in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Tayen a female name?
Yes, 62.4% of people registered as Tayen in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Tayen still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Tayen in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Tayen can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How common is the name Tayen?
Our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers how many people share the name Tayen at a glance, with the living-bearer count up front.