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Taj

#1,667 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Crown

Taj has been given to 6,290 babies in the U.S. since 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,667 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2015, with 200 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Taj, 2025

1 in 33,200

Taj over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Taj over time

In 2025, Taj went to 19% girls and 81% boys.

19652025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Taj: meaning, origin, and history

Crown

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Taj means

Taj means “crown”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5,719 boys were recorded with the name Taj between 1969 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 200 in 2015; its best national rank was #954 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,148 in 2020 to #1,667 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,017 in 2015 to #1,667 in 2025.

In the United States, 571 girls were recorded with the name Taj between 1965 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2024; its best national rank was #4,136 in 1973.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,189 in 2020 to #5,541 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,950 in 2015 to #5,541 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 Taj?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 33,200
100 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 17,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#1,667
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
22,980 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Taj 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 22,980 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Taj. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Tajs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Taj was born before 2008 — so the typical Taj is around 17 today.

Median birth year
2008
About 17 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
68.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
5,719
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (1,718).

Is Taj 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
−209
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−519
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−650
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2015 (200)
Years since peak
10
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#954
1998

Where Taj is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Taj was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 4,545 boys, against 1 in 11,785 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in 50,000).

222 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 4,545
  2. 2Maryland1 in 5,556
  3. 3Georgia1 in 6,667
  4. 4Hawaii1 in 7,143
  5. 5North Carolina1 in 8,333
  6. 6Florida1 in 9,091
  7. 7New Jersey1 in 9,091
  8. 8California1 in 10,000

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.

Where Taj is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Taj was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 762,513 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Taj has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Taj around the world

Where Taj 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
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    2001–2025
    #4,814
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1996–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1996–2013
    #218
    in 2013
  • New South Wales
    2007–2008
    #91
    in 2008

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada, Consumer and Business Services (South Australia) and NSW Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA, NSW BDM data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Taj

People whose public names include Taj, 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.

Taj by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#1,667
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 519
Best rank ever
#954
1998
Peak year
2015
200 that year
First recorded
1969
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
5,719
Count in 2025
100

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,541
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,648
Best rank ever
#4,136
1973
Peak year
2024
29 that year
First recorded
1965
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
571
Count in 2025
23

Names similar to Taj

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

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Names with a curve like Taj

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

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Sibling names for Taj

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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