Taja
Taja was the 14748th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 724th with 259 babies. More babies were named Taja in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,748 girls, down 3,751 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1988259 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,916babies recorded
Taja popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 28 since 1989.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,748 | 6 |
| 2020 | #10,997 | 9 |
| 2010 | #8,243 | 15 |
| 2000 | #2,234 | 71 |
| 1990 | #1,731 | 85 |
| 1980 | #5,868 | 12 |
| 1970 | #4,462 | 13 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Taja, counting every spelling?
Taja is the most common spelling of a name family that had 6 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 6 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
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Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Taja?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taja (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Taja born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taja.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taja?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Taja are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 25 and 38. That makes Taja mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Taja by state
How common Taja was among girls born in each state in 1986–1990, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Louisiana (3.9×), Virginia (2.4×), Ohio (1.6×). In 28 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Taja: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taja, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Taja
How popular is the name Taja?
Taja was the 14748th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1988, when it ranked 724th with 259 babies. More babies were named Taja in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Taja a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Taja in the US.
Where was Taja most popular?
In 1986–1990, Taja was most common in Louisiana (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Virginia and South Carolina.