Tajah

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161 · Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
Given to girls 91.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1999 · 72 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
858
since 1980

Tajah over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #2,115, 1999peak #5,165, 1989girlsboys
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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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2024#12,1617
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2018#15,6825
2017
2016#14,3316
2015
2014#10,9559
2013#7,37216
2012#12,1998
2011#6,56419
2010#6,64119
2009#8,45414#12,4915
2008#5,95523
2007#6,55220
2006#7,48216
2005#4,70428
2004#4,28732#9,9486
2003#2,99950
2002#2,74555
2001#2,84451#8,3397
2000#2,45762#10,3495
1999#2,11572
1998#2,33860#5,84010
1997#2,69546#8,1106
1996#2,67246#6,4968
1995#3,28534
1994#3,89227#6,9687
1993#4,25724
1992#4,08825
1991#4,05925#5,9428
1990#5,06018#8,1175
1989#6,95511#5,1659
1988#5,59814
1987#11,3255
1986#10,9125
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Tajah! It came in at #9,095, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1981–1987, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Tajah
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1999 at #2,115 (72 births)
  • Births halved by 2004, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 24,636
  • Highest: 1 in 24,636 girls born in 1999 were named Tajah (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 43.9% of all girls named Tajah (377) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s41#5,598 (1988)#8,777
1990s377#2,115 (1999)#3,446
2000s351#2,457 (2000)#4,848
2010s82#6,564 (2011)#10,535
2020s7#12,161 (2024)#12,161

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.

Tajah in 1980

girls
#9,095
6 births · 1 in 276,718 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #9,095Tajah6
More about 1980

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1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 276,718 of them was named Tajah, which outranked 25.2% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tajah
  1. #8,178Zanetta7
  2. #8,178Zelma7
  3. #8,178Zenda7
  4. #9,095Tajah6
  5. #9,095Abigael6
  6. #9,095Adalia6
  7. #9,095Adama6
  8. #10,392Abbegail5
  9. #10,392Abel5
  10. #10,392Abelina5

Tied with 1,296 names at #9,095; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

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

See the top 100 for 1980