Tj

Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #4,050 for boys in 2025, 26 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,173
1988 · 74 births
Debut · boys
1917
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,139
since 1917

Tj over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Tj has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #1,173, 1988boys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,05026
2024—#3,89628
2023—#3,41634
2022—#3,53332
2021—#3,42733
2020—#3,41832
2019—#3,49632
2018—#3,44632
2017—#3,88927
2016—#3,16136
2015—#3,23135
2014—#2,92939
2013—#2,89539
2012—#2,71644
2011—#3,11436
2010—#3,45331
2009—#2,84742
2008—#3,42132
2007—#3,02538
2006—#2,83240
2005—#2,61442
2004—#3,01433
2003—#2,23848
2002—#2,94331
2001—#2,42940
2000—#2,62135
1999—#2,39837
1998—#2,55233
1997—#2,02444
1996—#2,83826
1995—#1,84147
1994—#2,08239
1993—#1,96941
1992—#1,54657
1991—#1,58953
1990—#1,80943
1989—#1,41160
1988—#1,17374
1987—#1,21863
1986#10,9125#1,41949
1985#10,6775#1,38949
1984—#1,48142
1983—#1,19058
1982—#1,22957
1981—#1,43344
1980—#1,56938
1979—#1,53238
1978—#1,76030
1977—#2,00824
1976—#1,87326
1975—#1,88425
1974—#2,67414
1973—#3,22310
1972—#2,53414
1971—#3,14610
1970—#2,62113
1969—#3,3148
1968—#4,1365
1967—#3,5596
1966—#2,62710
1965—#2,61710
1964—#3,2827
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First appearance
1917

The first year at least five boys were named Tj! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1917–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Tj
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 154 spots since 2024 (#3,896 → #4,050)
  • 632 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,050)
  • 819 spots since 2015 (#3,231 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
71 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1988 at #1,173 (74 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,869
  • Highest: 1 in 25,869 boys born in 1988 were named Tj (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 25.0% of all boys named Tj (534) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,981 (1917)#3,981
1920s13#3,467 (1923)#3,668
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1960s46#2,617 (1965)#3,256
1970s204#1,532 (1979)#2,326
1980s534#1,173 (1988)#1,351
1990s420#1,546 (1992)#2,065
2000s381#2,238 (2003)#2,798
2010s351#2,716 (2012)#3,233
2020s185#3,416 (2023)#3,623

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Tj in 1985

girls
#10,677
5 births · 1 in 344,166 girls
boys
#1,389
49 births · 1 in 37,719 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #10,677Tj5

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #1,389Tj49
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 344,166 of them was named Tj, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tj
  1. #9,307Zeena6
  2. #9,307Zeinab6
  3. #9,307Zohra6
  4. #10,677Tj5
  5. #10,677Aamanda5
  6. #10,677Aarthi5
  7. #10,677Abbagail5

Tied with 1,828 names at #10,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 37,719 of them was named Tj, which outranked 81.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Tj
  1. #1,371Renard50
  2. #1,371Rian50
  3. #1,371Taron50
  4. #1,389Tj49
  5. #1,389Ajay49
  6. #1,389Amy49
  7. #1,389Carnell49
  8. #1,416Demetrice48
  9. #1,416Diamond48
  10. #1,416Eamon48

Tied with 26 names at #1,389; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →