Taija
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 54 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 822since 1985
Taija over time
Rank among girls' names. Taija has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | |
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| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 |
| 2010 | #11,246 | 9 |
| 2009 | #7,066 | 18 |
| 2008 | #7,408 | 17 |
| 2007 | #8,098 | 15 |
| 2006 | #7,142 | 17 |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 |
| 2003 | #2,956 | 51 |
| 2002 | #3,730 | 35 |
| 2001 | #2,924 | 49 |
| 2000 | #3,334 | 40 |
| 1999 | #2,610 | 54 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 51 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 |
| 1993 | #3,221 | 35 |
| 1992 | #3,773 | 28 |
| 1991 | #3,722 | 28 |
| 1990 | #2,900 | 39 |
| 1989 | #3,253 | 32 |
| 1988 | #3,095 | 32 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 |
| 1986 | #4,539 | 17 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Taija! It came in at #8,318, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Taija is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#1,015 · 1 in 8,418
- Illinois#1,167 · 1 in 10,059
- Ohio#1,193 · 1 in 12,324
Best ever in a state: #667 in Virginia, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| North Carolina | #1,015 | 5 | 1 in 8,418 |
| Illinois | #1,167 | 7 | 1 in 10,059 |
| Ohio | #1,193 | 5 | 1 in 12,324 |
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See more about Taija
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Debuted 1985
- Peaked 1999 at #2,610 (54 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 32,849 girls born in 1999 were named Taija (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 335,673 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 40.9% of all girls named Taija (336) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 116 | #3,095 (1988) | #4,492 |
| 1990s | 336 | #2,610 (1999) | #3,576 |
| 2000s | 297 | #2,924 (2001) | #5,265 |
| 2010s | 73 | #10,545 (2018) | #12,896 |
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.
Taija in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
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1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 34,646 of them was named Taija, which outranked 84.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,614Tamiya52
- #2,614Theodora52
- #2,614Tkeyah52
- #2,651Taija51
- #2,651Ambrosia51
- #2,651Anahy51
- #2,651Annamaria51
- #2,691Alasia50
- #2,691Alaysha50
- #2,691Alexas50
Tied with 39 names at #2,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.