Taysom
Masculine
Taysom is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 784 boys against 7 girls since 1880.
Taysom is a surname of uncertain origin that entered American given-name use through one athlete in the 2010s.
How old is the name Taysom?
Taysom first appears in US birth records in 2012 — 13 years ago. The typical Taysom is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Taysom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taysom most popular?
Taysom peaked in 2021, reaching #1496 nationally. Today it ranks #2421, 925 places below that high. See the whole 2021 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Taysom
Our story of Taysom is a story of one player. The surname is rare enough in England that its origin has not been worked out, and it had essentially no life as a given name until an American footballer of that name became widely known in the late 2010s; the registers show it appearing then. There is no older meaning to report, and reporting none is more useful than inventing one.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. Taysom is a rare English surname whose origin is not established; it may be a variant of Tasman or a locational name. Its use as a given name follows one American athlete. Honest sources record no meaning.
Pronouncing Taysom
TAY-sum
Two syllables, stress on the first. Taysom and Taysum are said identically.
Nicknames for Taysom
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2012
- Most boys named
- 2021119 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1496reached in 2021
- Change vs 2024
- −28.2%56 in 2025, from 78
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Taysom in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Taysum in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Louisiana, Utah, Texas.
Taysoms among us
people named Taysom are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 30,501 born in 2025 was named Taysom
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jerardo test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taysom's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jerardo climbed just as high around 1980, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerardo's path sketches the road Taysom is walking now.
Taysom sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Taysom is headed
Taysom should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Taysom beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taysom in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Tay is available as a short form with real currency.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It is genuinely rare and immediately distinctive.
- There is no documented meaning.
- One athlete dominates the association entirely.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Taysoms are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Taysom are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taysom in 2025?
- Taysom ranks #2421 among US boy names in 2025, with 56 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taysom?
- About 1 in every 30,501 US boys born in 2025 was named Taysom — 56 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taysom with classmates?
- Taysom will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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