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
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 72 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 858since 1980
Tajah over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,372 | 16 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #6,564 | 19 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,641 | 19 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,454 | 14 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #5,955 | 23 | — | |
| 2007 | #6,552 | 20 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,704 | 28 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,287 | 32 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #2,999 | 50 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,844 | 51 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #2,457 | 62 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | #2,115 | 72 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,338 | 60 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #2,695 | 46 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 1995 | #3,285 | 34 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #4,257 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #5,060 | 18 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
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| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | — | |
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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.
Where Tajah is popular in 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New York#1,932 · 1 in 20,200
- California#2,430 · 1 in 31,836
Best ever in a state: #601 in Maryland, 1998.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,932 | 5 | 1 in 20,200 |
| California | #2,430 | 7 | 1 in 31,836 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Tajah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1980
- Peaked 1999 at #2,115 (72 births)
- Births halved by 2004, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 43.9% of all girls named Tajah (377) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 41 | #5,598 (1988) | #8,777 |
| 1990s | 377 | #2,115 (1999) | #3,446 |
| 2000s | 351 | #2,457 (2000) | #4,848 |
| 2010s | 82 | #6,564 (2011) | #10,535 |
| 2020s | 7 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 37,842 of them was named Tajah, which outranked 83.3% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,659Sharlene47
- #2,659Tichina47
- #2,659Tkeyah47
- #2,695Tajah46
- #2,695Alaysha46
- #2,695Aleshia46
- #2,695Alessia46
- #2,733Abbigayle45
- #2,733Andrianna45
- #2,733Anel45
Tied with 37 names at #2,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 314,190 of them was named Tajah, which outranked 25.0% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,281Zoey7
- #7,281Zoran7
- #7,281Zyair7
- #8,110Tajah6
- #8,110Aaditya6
- #8,110Aaric6
- #8,110Aashish6
- #9,265Aadam5
- #9,265Aaran5
- #9,265Aarik5
Tied with 1,154 names at #8,110; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.