Taisa

Girls' name

Short form of Taisiya

Taisa has been given to 146 babies in the U.S. since 1968. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1985, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Taisa, 2009

1 in 764,000

Taisa over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taisa: meaning, origin, and history

Short form of Taisiya

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taisa means

Taisa is a short form of Taisiya.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Taisa is used in Russian and Ukrainian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /tɐ.ˈi.sə/ and /tɐ.ˈji.sɐ/ for Taisa.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Taisiya.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 146 girls were recorded with the name Taisa between 1968 and 2009. Its highest annual count was 18 in 1985; its best national rank was #4,436 in 1985.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Taisa?

Taisa had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2009, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2009: 1 in 764,000; 5 of 3,820,315 births
Among girls only: 1 in 367,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2009: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 529,609 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Taisa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2009 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 529,609 children born in 2009 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taisa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taisas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taisa was born before 1992 — so the typical Taisa is around 33 today.

Median birth year: 1992; About 33 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 39.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 88.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 146; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 39.0% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Taisa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1985 (18)
Years since peak: 40; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 58.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,436; 1985

Spellings of Taisa

Taisa is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 35.8% against Taisa's <0.01%.

Lisa35.8%967,229
Tina10.8%292,146
Tara6.5%175,812
Daisy5.9%158,723
Tanya4.3%116,855
Tessa2.1%55,926
Marisa1.8%48,707
Elisa1.8%47,661

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Taisa around the world

Where Taisa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

South Australia
1954–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Taisa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,436; 1985
Peak year: 1985; 18 that year
First recorded: 1968
Last recorded: 2009
All-time count: 146
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Taisa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Taige Taiba Taila Taiana Taimi Taite Irisa Taima Maisa Taisley Taitum Taiwo Taia Tailer Taiz Taisia Tailyn Enisa Taissa Tailani Ilisa Taiah Taiwan Adisa

Sibling names for Taisa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Linsey Candis Kristan Santana Chiquita Kandice Daniel Domonique

For a brother

Whitney Marques Shea Derik Derrell Brenton Antoine Jerrod

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