Tj
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1988 · 74 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,139since 1917
Tj over time
Rank among boys' names. Tj has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | #4,050 | 26 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,896 | 28 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,416 | 34 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,533 | 32 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,427 | 33 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,418 | 32 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,496 | 32 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,446 | 32 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,161 | 36 | |
| 2015 | — | #3,231 | 35 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,929 | 39 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,895 | 39 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,716 | 44 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,114 | 36 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,453 | 31 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,847 | 42 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,421 | 32 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,025 | 38 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,832 | 40 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,614 | 42 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,014 | 33 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,238 | 48 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,429 | 40 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,621 | 35 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,398 | 37 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,552 | 33 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,024 | 44 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,841 | 47 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,082 | 39 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,969 | 41 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,546 | 57 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,809 | 43 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,411 | 60 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,173 | 74 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,218 | 63 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,419 | 49 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | — | #1,481 | 42 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,190 | 58 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,229 | 57 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,433 | 44 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,569 | 38 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,760 | 30 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,008 | 24 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,873 | 26 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,674 | 14 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,534 | 14 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,146 | 10 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,621 | 13 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,314 | 8 | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,627 | 10 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
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| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
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| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
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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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Washington#481 · 1 in 6,324
- Illinois#867 · 1 in 16,772
- Texas#1,034 · 1 in 20,596
Best ever in a state: #227 in Idaho, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #481 | 5 | 1 in 6,324 |
| Illinois | #867 | 5 | 1 in 16,772 |
| Texas | #1,034 | 7 | 1 in 20,596 |
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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 Tj
- 154 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #4,050)
- 632 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,050)
- 819 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #4,050)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1988 at #1,173 (74 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 25.0% of all boys named Tj (534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,981 (1917) | #3,981 |
| 1920s | 13 | #3,467 (1923) | #3,668 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 46 | #2,617 (1965) | #3,256 |
| 1970s | 204 | #1,532 (1979) | #2,326 |
| 1980s | 534 | #1,173 (1988) | #1,351 |
| 1990s | 420 | #1,546 (1992) | #2,065 |
| 2000s | 381 | #2,238 (2003) | #2,798 |
| 2010s | 351 | #2,716 (2012) | #3,233 |
| 2020s | 185 | #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.
Tj in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 31,832 of them was named Tj, which outranked 83.3% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,217Seneca58
- #1,217Tavon58
- #1,217Weldon58
- #1,229Tj57
- #1,229Angela57
- #1,229Cheyne57
- #1,229Christpher57
- #1,242Bilal56
- #1,242Cheyenne56
- #1,242Colter56
Tied with 12 names at #1,229; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.