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

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Peak · girls
#720
1988 · 259 births
Debut · girls
1968
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,888
since 1968

Taja over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Taja has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #720, 1988girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#13,2086—
2024#13,4776—
2023#12,1977—
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2021#15,2515—
2020#10,2509—
2019#15,5395—
2018#12,4647—
2017#11,6158—
2016#10,8599—
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2014#9,51711—
2013#9,61211—
2012#11,2579—
2011#6,33520—
2010#7,88015—
2009#5,37826—
2008#6,55920—
2007#4,67531—
2006#6,12521—
2005#3,58741—
2004#3,49042—
2003#2,88553—
2002#2,28871—
2001#2,33168#7,5368
2000#2,21371#10,3495
1999#1,75391—
1998#1,75190—
1997#1,595100#6,1009
1996#2,34056—
1995#2,42153—
1994#2,62747—
1993#2,48950—
1992#2,57648—
1991#2,11163—
1990#1,71685—
1989#1,244127#6,9416
1988#720259—
1987#3,10130—
1986#6,15611—
1985#5,34813—
1984#6,29110—
1983#7,3128—
1982#5,91111—
1981#8,1287—
1980#5,54412—
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1977#4,23516—
1976#3,96316—
1975#5,16111—
1974#5,7769—
1973#3,97115—
1972#4,79311—
1971#4,81011—
1970#4,24613—
1969#4,72310—
1968#5,1478—
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First appearance
1968

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 2003

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMINew York: #2,104 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 19,621 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,001 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 37,777 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Taja, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#2,104 · 1 in 19,621
  2. California#3,001 · 1 in 37,777

Best ever in a state: #255 in Louisiana, 1988.

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See more about Taja
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1988 at #720 (259 births)
  • Births halved by 1989, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,876
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 36.2% of all girls named Taja (683) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s18#4,723 (1969)#4,935
1970s127#3,963 (1976)#4,726
1980s488#720 (1988)#4,976
1990s683#1,595 (1997)#2,138
2000s444#2,213 (2000)#3,953
2010s95#6,335 (2011)#10,564
2020s33#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 2003

girls
#2,885
53 births · 1 in 34,474 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #2,885Taja53
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 34,474 of them was named Taja, which outranked 84.4% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Taja
  1. #2,840Torri54
  2. #2,840Trinidy54
  3. #2,840Zia54
  4. #2,885Taja53
  5. #2,885Aleisha53
  6. #2,885Alyah53
  7. #2,885Anel53
  8. #2,923Aleyah52
  9. #2,923Alyana52
  10. #2,923Annah52

Tied with 37 names at #2,885; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2003 →