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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Tahj has never cracked the top 700 here.
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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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 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#380 · 1 in 2,003
- Georgia#752 · 1 in 6,948
- Florida#770 · 1 in 7,485
- Michigan#779 · 1 in 8,348
- North Carolina#799 · 1 in 8,414
Best ever in a state: #208 in Louisiana, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #380 | 13 | 1 in 2,003 |
| Georgia | #752 | 8 | 1 in 6,948 |
| Florida | #770 | 12 | 1 in 7,485 |
| Michigan | #779 | 7 | 1 in 8,348 |
| North Carolina | #799 | 6 | 1 in 8,414 |
| New York | #853 | 13 | 1 in 8,583 |
| Ohio | #971 | 5 | 1 in 13,648 |
| Texas | #1,377 | 8 | 1 in 21,491 |
| California | #1,463 | 9 | 1 in 27,188 |
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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
- 121 spots since 2024 (#1,418 → #1,539)
- 458 spots since 2020 (#1,081 → #1,539)
- 242 spots since 2015 (#1,297 → #1,539)
- Biggest jump: 280 spots in 1998 (#1,051 → #771)
- Biggest drop: 274 spots in 2000 (#863 → #1,137)
- Debuted 1989
- Peaked 1998 at #771 (204 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · run 1998–1999
- 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%)
- 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.
Tahj in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 150,052 of them was named Tahj, which outranked 54.4% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,724Zyanna13
- #7,724Zykerria13
- #7,724Zyra13
- #8,196Tahj12
- #8,196Aamiyah12
- #8,196Aamna12
- #8,196Abagael12
- #8,758Aasha11
- #8,758Abbigal11
- #8,758Adaiah11
Tied with 561 names at #8,196; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 14,831 of them was named Tahj, which outranked 91.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,086Braulio132
- #1,086Jaquez132
- #1,086Robin132
- #1,089Tahj131
- #1,089Chancellor131
- #1,089Fletcher131
- #1,089Jacques131
- #1,095Coy130
- #1,095Jacquez130
- #1,095Juancarlos130
Tied with 5 names at #1,089; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.