Ta
The Story of Ta
As a girl name
Ta first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1971, with 19 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 19 births, good for #3,371 nationwide. About 45% of every Ta on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Ta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 207 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Ta on the record books as a boy name in 1979, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2000, when 9 Tas were born — ranking #6,839 that year. About 50% of every Ta on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Ta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2004, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 30 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ta
Ta is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1971 and has accumulated 207 births in the dataset. Ta's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #3,371. Use the chart and map above to compare Ta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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