Taja
Taja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 724th, in 1988.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1988259 births
- Best rank
- #724in 1988
- Since 1968
- 1,882people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,882 girls have been named Taja in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1988, with 259 births.
The name has all but left use: 6 births in 2024, against 259 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 36%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1988, its biggest year
Taja was the 724th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1988 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Sarah and Jennifer. See all of 1988.
Names that rose and fell with Taja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Tasiapeak 1985
- Maeghanpeak 1990
- Halleypeak 1986
- Maeganpeak 1991
- Janaypeak 1987
- Jennapeak 1985
- Cierapeak 1993
- Malorypeak 1987
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.