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
#2,115
1999 · 72 births
Debut · girls
1980
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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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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2009#8,45414#12,4915
2008#5,95523—
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2004#4,28732#9,9486
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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
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1994#3,89227#6,9687
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1991#4,05925#5,9428
1990#5,06018#8,1175
1989#6,95511#5,1659
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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.

Where Tajah is popular in 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMINew York: #1,549 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 14,260 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedINOhio: #948 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,791 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,734 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 36,509 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #717 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,407 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Tajah, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#717 · 1 in 4,407
  2. Ohio#948 · 1 in 8,791
  3. New York#1,549 · 1 in 14,260
  4. California#2,734 · 1 in 36,509

Best ever in a state: #601 in Maryland, 1998.

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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
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
all girlsall boys
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 1999

girls
#2,115
72 births · 1 in 24,636 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #2,115Tajah72
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 24,636 of them was named Tajah, which outranked 87.5% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tajah
  1. #2,095Tahlia73
  2. #2,095Yamilex73
  3. #2,095Zaida73
  4. #2,115Tajah72
  5. #2,115Aleksandra72
  6. #2,115Alesia72
  7. #2,115Breona72
  8. #2,133Angelika71
  9. #2,133Annamaria71
  10. #2,133Caylie71

Tied with 17 names at #2,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →