Tj

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Peak · boys
1988 · 74 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,139
since 1917

Tj over time

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Rank among boys' names. Tj has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #1,173, 1988boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1917, 6 boys in 1921, 7 boys in 1923 (see the data table).

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,05026
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,41634
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,42733
2020—#3,41832
2019—#3,49632
2018—#3,44632
2017—#3,88927
2016—#3,16136
2015—#3,23135
2014—#2,92939
2013—#2,89539
2012—#2,71644
2011—#3,11436
2010—#3,45331
2009—#2,84742
2008—#3,42132
2007—#3,02538
2006—#2,83240
2005—#2,61442
2004—#3,01433
2003—#2,23848
2002—#2,94331
2001—#2,42940
2000—#2,62135
1999—#2,39837
1998—#2,55233
1997—#2,02444
1996—#2,83826
1995—#1,84147
1994—#2,08239
1993—#1,96941
1992—#1,54657
1991—#1,58953
1990—#1,80943
1989—#1,41160
1988—#1,17374
1987—#1,21863
1986#10,9125#1,41949
1985#10,6775#1,38949
1984—#1,48142
1983—#1,19058
1982—#1,22957
1981—#1,43344
1980—#1,56938
1979—#1,53238
1978—#1,76030
1977—#2,00824
1976—#1,87326
1975—#1,88425
1974—#2,67414
1973—#3,22310
1972—#2,53414
1971—#3,14610
1970—#2,62113
1969—#3,3148
1968—#4,1365
1967—#3,5596
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,61710
1964—#3,2827
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Tj! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Tj is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Tj in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Tj
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 632 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1988 at #1,173 (74 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,869
  • Highest: 1 in 25,869 boys born in 1988 were named Tj (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Tj (534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s13#3,467 (1923)#3,668
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1960s46#2,617 (1965)#3,256
1970s204#1,532 (1979)#2,326
1980s534#1,173 (1988)#1,351
1990s420#1,546 (1992)#2,065
2000s381#2,238 (2003)#2,798
2010s351#2,716 (2012)#3,233
2020s185#3,416 (2023)#3,623

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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