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 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#526 · 1 in 2,651
- Mississippi#538 · 1 in 2,667
- Georgia#738 · 1 in 4,881
- Maryland#773 · 1 in 5,301
- Florida#828 · 1 in 6,445
Best ever in a state: #208 in Louisiana, 2003.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #526 | 9 | 1 in 2,651 |
| Mississippi | #538 | 5 | 1 in 2,667 |
| Georgia | #738 | 11 | 1 in 4,881 |
| Maryland | #773 | 5 | 1 in 5,301 |
| Florida | #828 | 15 | 1 in 6,445 |
| Tennessee | #932 | 5 | 1 in 7,254 |
| Virginia | #963 | 5 | 1 in 8,150 |
| New York | #987 | 12 | 1 in 8,130 |
| North Carolina | #1,028 | 6 | 1 in 8,554 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,065 | 6 | 1 in 9,701 |
| Ohio | #1,202 | 5 | 1 in 11,672 |
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
| Texas | #1,429 | 11 | 1 in 16,015 |
| California | #2,037 | 7 | 1 in 30,815 |
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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 2017
Top girls' names in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
girls
1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 287,744 of them was named Tahj, which outranked 23.4% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,713Zyionna7
- #12,713Zyleah7
- #12,713Zynique7
- #14,124Tahj6
- #14,124Aabriella6
- #14,124Aaditri6
- #14,124Aafiya6
- #15,902Aadilynn5
- #15,902Aafiyah5
- #15,902Aaheli5
Tied with 1,777 names at #14,124; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 263Julianne#919 → #1,182
- ↓ 243Milania#947 → #1,190
- ↓ 240Wendy#858 → #1,098
- ↓ 238Montserrat#808 → #1,046
- ↓ 224Nathaly#930 → #1,154
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 13,917 of them was named Tahj, which outranked 90.6% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,335Eliam134
- #1,335Sheldon134
- #1,335Tristin134
- #1,341Tahj133
- #1,341Alton133
- #1,341Anas133
- #1,341Faris133
- #1,348Abdul132
- #1,348Ander132
- #1,348Atreyu132
Tied with 6 names at #1,341; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.