Fun Facts About the Name Tag
- 177 babies named Tag: U.S. records list 177 babies given the name Tag from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tag Mean?
Tag is an English word name meaning "a label or identifying mark," and it is also a Hebrew name from תָּג (tag) meaning "crown." The two origins are independent.
The English noun tag comes from Middle English tagge, a hanging strip, flap, or piece of cloth. Its ultimate origin is uncertain; it may be related to Scandinavian words for a point or prickle, such as Swedish tagg, but that connection is not settled. The modern sense "label" grew from the idea of a small hanging piece attached to an object. The later game sense, in which one player tags another, is a separate development.
The Hebrew noun tag (תָּג) means "crown" or "diadem." Its plural, tagin (תגין), names the small crownlike ornaments written on certain letters in Torah scrolls. The Hebrew word is not related to the English tag. When Tag is used as a Hebrew given name, it draws on the sense "crown."
Tag Name History & Origins
The English noun tag is attested in Middle English as tagge, where it referred to a hanging strip, flap, or rag. From that sense came the familiar meaning of a label or marker attached to something for identification. The children's game called tag is a later development and gave the word a verb sense, to touch or catch another player. As a given name, Tag is a word name in English rather than a traditional inherited personal name.
The Hebrew word tag is older as a religious term than as a personal name. In rabbinic literature, tagin are the crownlets on letters in Torah scrolls, and the singular tag means "crown." Modern Hebrew uses the word for a crown. In Hebrew-speaking contexts, Tag is a given name drawn from the noun rather than a biblical personal name.
How Popular is the Name Tag?
Tag has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2006. Its best rank was #4,383 in 1972.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,549 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #13,950 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2022 | #14,074 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #8,745 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #9,445 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2019 | #10,666 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #10,627 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2016 | #13,942 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #9,459 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #10,575 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #8,679 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #8,780 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #9,564 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #7,627 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #8,913 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #9,667 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2006 | #6,851 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #8,987 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2004 | #12,986 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #12,533 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #9,268 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2001 | #10,388 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #4,383 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #4,559 | 5 | 0.0002% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Tag Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are always looking for a chance to do your own thing, to be your own person, and to have things done your own way.
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