Taiga comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Big forest, vast woodland..
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How popular is Taiga?
2010peak year
Today, Taiga is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #7004), with only about 15 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2010, 26 babies were given the name (ranked #3978 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Taiga's usage has held roughly steady recently. In all, around 352 babies have been registered as Taiga since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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