Taym

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — one syllable, given to 6 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
6
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3256
6 babies

Taym by the numbers

In 2025, 6 babies in England and Wales were named Taym. In the US, 15 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 33 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Taym

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Taym. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tampalm tree; a form of Tamar16 in the US (2017)
  • Tayowe have joy; born to bring happiness7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taim20 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tatym10 in the US (2017)
  • Taye7 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Taym

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