Taft is a rare boys' name that peaked in 1908 and has since faded.
Taft is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,171 for boy births in the United States (and #17,032 across all names), given to 10 babies. Taft was first reported in SSA data in 1907 and peaked in 1908 (62 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | #8,171 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | #9,756 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | #8,187 |
| 2022 | 7 | 7 | #10,717 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #5,087 |
| 2020 | 15 | 15 | #5,945 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | #7,122 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #4,899 |
| 2017 | 14 | 14 | #6,296 |
| 2016 | 22 | 22 | #4,600 |
| 2015 | 21 | 21 | #4,683 |
| 2014 | 15 | 15 | #5,963 |
| 2013 | 17 | 17 | #5,366 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #6,984 |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #8,674 |
| 2010 | 19 | 19 | #5,017 |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #5,285 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #8,912 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #9,666 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #13,763 |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #6,579 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #7,180 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #6,031 |
| 2001 | 9 | 9 | #7,436 |
| 2000 | 10 | 10 | #6,768 |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #11,103 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #8,007 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #8,873 |
| 1995 | 6 | — | #8,750 |
| 1994 | 9 | — | #6,296 |
| 1993 | 9 | — | #6,165 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #5,590 |
| 1991 | 11 | — | #5,054 |
| 1990 | 12 | — | #4,641 |
| 1989 | 11 | — | #4,774 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | #4,133 |
| 1987 | 11 | — | #4,204 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #4,422 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #5,696 |
| 1984 | 12 | — | #3,662 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #5,422 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #4,940 |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #6,161 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | #7,182 |
| 1979 | 9 | — | #4,363 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | #6,650 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | #4,125 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #5,520 |
| 1975 | 16 | — | #2,627 |
| 1973 | 15 | — | #2,593 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #2,970 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | #2,359 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #3,801 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,288 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #2,025 |
| 1967 | 12 | — | #2,459 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #3,218 |
| 1965 | 12 | — | #2,459 |
| 1964 | 15 | — | #2,195 |
| 1963 | 11 | — | #2,655 |
| 1962 | 14 | — | #2,269 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #2,399 |
| 1960 | 15 | — | #2,197 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #3,020 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #2,084 |
| 1957 | 15 | — | #2,184 |
| 1956 | 15 | — | #2,159 |
| 1955 | 14 | — | #2,213 |
| 1954 | 16 | — | #2,035 |
| 1953 | 17 | — | #1,948 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #2,363 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,328 |
| 1950 | 10 | — | #2,562 |
| 1949 | 22 | — | #1,609 |
| 1948 | 12 | — | #2,309 |
| 1947 | 16 | — | #1,982 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #2,673 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #1,687 |
| 1944 | 12 | — | #2,185 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #1,900 |
| 1942 | 12 | — | #2,253 |
| 1941 | 21 | — | #1,525 |
| 1940 | 15 | — | #1,885 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #2,804 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | #1,610 |
| 1937 | 18 | — | #1,683 |
| 1936 | 13 | — | #2,052 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,020 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | #1,546 |
| 1933 | 11 | — | #2,356 |
| 1932 | 22 | — | #1,544 |
| 1931 | 12 | — | #2,316 |
| 1930 | 17 | — | #1,882 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | #1,720 |
| 1928 | 13 | — | #2,373 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,419 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | #3,352 |
| 1925 | 7 | — | #3,703 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,779 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | #4,878 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,230 |
| 1919 | 12 | — | #2,497 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,731 |
| 1917 | 11 | — | #2,544 |
| 1916 | 14 | — | #2,137 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,774 |
| 1914 | 21 | — | #1,338 |
| 1913 | 22 | — | #1,106 |
| 1912 | 22 | — | #995 |
| 1911 | 23 | — | #663 |
| 1910 | 45 | — | #393 |
| 1909 | 52 | — | #320 |
| 1908 | 62 | — | #273 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | #662 |