Taj

Where Taj comes from

Taj hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1969
    First appearance
    #3,314 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1969
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1970
    Taj McWilliams-Franklin born
    American basketball player and coach
  4. 1985
    Taj Gibson born
    American basketball player
  5. 1998
    Peak, #953
    146 babies named Taj — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Taj Gibson · American basketball player, born 1985
  • Taj McWilliams-Franklin · American basketball player and coach, born 1970
  • Taj Jackson · American singer (*1973), born 1973
  • Taj Haider · Pakistani senator and politician, 1942–2025
  • Taj Jones · Australian cyclist, born 2000

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.