Taja
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #7,536
Given to girls 98.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1988 · 259 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,888since 1968
Taja over time
Rank among girls' names. Taja 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,335 | 20 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #6,125 | 21 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,587 | 41 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,490 | 42 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,288 | 71 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,331 | 68 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #2,213 | 71 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #1,753 | 91 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,751 | 90 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,595 | 100 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #2,340 | 56 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,627 | 47 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,489 | 50 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,576 | 48 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,111 | 63 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,716 | 85 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,244 | 127 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #720 | 259 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Taja! It came in at #5,147, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2015, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Taja is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#422 · 1 in 2,575
- Missouri#680 · 1 in 6,506
- Pennsylvania#714 · 1 in 7,183
- Virginia#766 · 1 in 7,421
- Florida#809 · 1 in 7,002
Best ever in a state: #255 in Louisiana, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #422 | 10 | 1 in 2,575 |
| Missouri | #680 | 5 | 1 in 6,506 |
| Pennsylvania | #714 | 10 | 1 in 7,183 |
| Virginia | #766 | 5 | 1 in 7,421 |
| Florida | #809 | 11 | 1 in 7,002 |
| Ohio | #1,101 | 5 | 1 in 13,970 |
| Illinois | #1,373 | 5 | 1 in 15,459 |
| California | #1,457 | 15 | 1 in 16,266 |
| Texas | #1,612 | 7 | 1 in 19,055 |
| New York | #1,681 | 6 | 1 in 19,798 |
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See more about Taja
- 269 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #13,208)
- 2,958 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #13,208)
- Biggest jump: 2,381 spots in 1988 (#3,101 → #720)
- Biggest drop: 524 spots in 1989 (#720 → #1,244)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1988 at #720 (259 births)
- Births halved by 1989, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1988
- Highest: 1 in 6,876 girls born in 1988 were named Taja (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 36.2% of all girls named Taja (683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18 | #4,723 (1969) | #4,935 |
| 1970s | 127 | #3,963 (1976) | #4,726 |
| 1980s | 488 | #720 (1988) | #4,976 |
| 1990s | 683 | #1,595 (1997) | #2,138 |
| 2000s | 444 | #2,213 (2000) | #3,953 |
| 2010s | 95 | #6,335 (2011) | #10,564 |
| 2020s | 33 | #10,250 (2020) | #12,877 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Taja in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 14,516 of them was named Taja, which outranked 91.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,239Samara128
- #1,239Skylar128
- #1,239Trinity128
- #1,244Taja127
- #1,244Candi127
- #1,244Imani127
- #1,244June127
- #1,250Amalia126
- #1,250Darci126
- #1,250Davina126
Tied with 5 names at #1,244; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 333,488 of them was named Taja, which outranked 24.8% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,229Zekiel7
- #6,229Zubin7
- #6,229Zvi7
- #6,941Taja6
- #6,941Aaran6
- #6,941Abayomi6
- #6,941Abrham6
- #7,905Aakeem5
- #7,905Aaric5
- #7,905Aaronmichael5
Tied with 963 names at #6,941; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.