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Tahj

#1,544 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Tahj has been given to 4,075 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #1,544 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1998, with 204 recorded.

Babies named Tahj, 2025

1 in 29,600

Tahj over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Tahj: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Tahj means

Tahj is a given name.

The naming story behind Tahj

Wikidata records Tahj as a male given name. The entity identifier is Q28028016, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,939 boys were recorded with the name Tahj between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 204 in 1998; its best national rank was #771 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,083 in 2020 to #1,544 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,302 in 2015 to #1,544 in 2025.

In the United States, 136 girls were recorded with the name Tahj between 1997 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1998; its best national rank was #7,482 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,253 in 2020 to #17,002 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #16,211 in 2015 to #17,002 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Tahj?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 29,600
112 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 15,200
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,544
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
20,518 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Tahj sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5002%

Put another way: gather 20,518 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Tahj. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tahjs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Tahj was born before 2011 — so the typical Tahj is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
32.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
78.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,939
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 32.5% of all recorded uses (1,281).

Is Tahj rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−122
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−461
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−242
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.82×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.9%
Peak was 1998 (204)
Years since peak
27
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
13.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#771
1998

Spellings of Tahj

Tahj is not the most common spelling — Tate is, with 36.9% against Tahj's 5.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Tahj is used

Across 2016–2025, Tahj was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 1,639 boys, against 1 in 10,879 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

161 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 1,639
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 2,857
  3. 3Maryland1 in 4,167
  4. 4Georgia1 in 4,348
  5. 5Alabama1 in 7,692
  6. 6Florida1 in 7,692
  7. 7North Carolina1 in 7,692
  8. 8Virginia1 in 8,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Tahj around the world

Where Tahj ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2023
    #4,992
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    2000–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Tahj

People whose public names include Tahj, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Tahj by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,544
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 461
Best rank ever
#771
1998
Peak year
1998
204 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,939
Count in 2025
112

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#17,002
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 251
Best rank ever
#7,482
1998
Peak year
1998
13 that year
First recorded
1997
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
136
Count in 2025
5

Names similar to Tahj

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Tahj

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Tahj, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Tahj

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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