Taraji
Taraji was the 7853rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 680th with 423 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,742 places. More babies were named Taraji in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #7,853 girls, down 5,108 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2010423 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,814babies recorded
Taraji popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 50 since 2006.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
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| 2025 | #7,853 | 14 |
| 2020 | #2,745 | 61 |
| 2010 | #680 | 423 |
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How popular is Taraji, counting every spelling?
Taraji has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Taraji?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Taraji (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Taraji 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Taraji.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Taraji?
About 2,700 people born in the US named Taraji are alive today, with a median age of 14; half are between 11 and 16. That makes Taraji mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Taraji by state
How common Taraji was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (3.0×). In 49 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 Taraji: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Taraji, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Taraji
How popular is the name Taraji?
Taraji was the 7853rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2010, when it ranked 680th with 423 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 6,742 places. More babies were named Taraji in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Taraji a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Taraji in the US.
Where is Taraji most popular?
In 2021–2025, Taraji was most common in Florida (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and Georgia.