Tahj
- #14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- #1,539 for boys in 2025, 112 births
- Given to boys 96.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1998 · 204 births
- Debut · boys
- 37 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,939since 1989
Tahj over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Tahj has never cracked the top 700 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | #1,539 | 112 |
| 2024 | — | #1,418 | 130 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #1,346 | 140 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | #1,330 | 141 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #1,225 | 157 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #1,081 | 184 |
| 2019 | #12,448 | 7 | #1,226 | 155 |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #1,352 | 132 |
| 2017 | #14,124 | 6 | #1,341 | 133 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #1,399 | 125 |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #1,297 | 137 |
| 2014 | — | #1,340 | 129 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,305 | 132 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #1,523 | 105 |
| 2011 | — | #1,359 | 124 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,492 | 109 | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | #1,298 | 135 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #1,736 | 87 |
| 2007 | — | #1,772 | 83 | |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,893 | 71 |
| 2005 | #13,010 | 7 | #1,790 | 73 |
| 2004 | — | #1,316 | 112 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,103 | 139 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,107 | 132 | |
| 2001 | #8,196 | 12 | #1,089 | 131 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 | #1,137 | 122 |
| 1999 | — | #863 | 175 | |
| 1998 | #7,104 | 13 | #771 | 204 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #1,051 | 121 |
| 1996 | — | #2,747 | 27 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,141 | 21 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,599 | 27 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,915 | 22 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,553 | 26 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,953 | 37 | |
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First appearance
1989
The first year at least five boys were named Tahj! It came in at #1,953, and was given to 37 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1996, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.
Where Tahj is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- Louisiana#591 · 1 in 2,733
- Maryland#634 · 1 in 3,271
- South Carolina#743 · 1 in 4,240
- Virginia#875 · 1 in 5,322
Best ever in a state: #208 in Louisiana, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Maryland | #634 | 7 | 1 in 3,271 |
| South Carolina | #743 | 5 | 1 in 4,240 |
| Virginia | #875 | 7 | 1 in 5,322 |
| Florida | #887 | 16 | 1 in 5,971 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
| Ohio | #1,267 | 5 | 1 in 10,507 |
| Texas | #1,483 | 12 | 1 in 14,588 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Tahj
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 458 spots since 2020 (#1,081 → #1,539)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1998
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 2000
Rise & fade · boys
9 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 1998 at #771 (204 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1998–1999
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,369
- Highest: 1 in 9,369 boys born in 1998 were named Tahj (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,251 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 32.5% of all boys named Tahj (1,281) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 37 | #1,953 (1989) | #1,953 |
| 1990s | 672 | #771 (1998) | #2,243 |
| 2000s | 1,085 | #1,089 (2001) | #1,424 |
| 2010s | 1,281 | #1,226 (2019) | #1,363 |
| 2020s | 864 | #1,081 (2020) | #1,323 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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