Taisto

Boys' name

Battle

Taisto has been given to 26 babies in the U.S. since 1916. 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 1918, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Taisto, 1922

1 in 458,000

Taisto over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Taisto: meaning, origin, and history

Battle

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taisto means

Taisto means “battle”, associated with taisto.

Origin, language, and formation

Taisto is used in Finnish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Taisto is pronounced /ˈtɑi̯sto/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 26 boys were recorded with the name Taisto between 1916 and 1922. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1918; its best national rank was #4,119 in 1918.

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.

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How common is Taisto?

Taisto had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1922, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1922: 1 in 458,000; 5 of 2,289,103 births
Among boys only: 1 in 218,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1922: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 317,338 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Taisto sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1922 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 317,338 children born in 1922 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taisto. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Taistos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taisto was born before 1920 — so the typical Taisto is around 105 today.

Median birth year: 1920; About 105 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 57.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 0; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 57.7% of all recorded uses (15).

Is Taisto 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 1918 (6)
Years since peak: 107; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,119; 1918

Spellings of Taisto

Taisto is not the most common spelling — Triston is, with 53.7% against Taisto's 0.12%.

Triston53.7%11,602
Tito15.6%3,376
Fausto13.5%2,918
Cristo5.7%1,239
Kaito5.7%1,235
Tait5.6%1,207
Taisto0.12%26

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.

Taisto by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,119; 1918
Peak year: 1918; 6 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1922
All-time count: 26
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Taisto

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

Taicyn Taigen Taitum Taimak Tailyn Tairon Taimur Taiton Taiyon Tailer Tailon Taimoor Taishi Taidyn Taio Taijae Taika Taison Taige Taiyari Taion Taisean Hristo Taiveon

Sibling names for Taisto

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

Winnifred Johnie Ray Lida Maybelle Floy Garnet Mathilda

For a brother

Granville Valentine Ellsworth Orval Buster Sol Omer Ferdinand

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