How rare is the name Taj?

4,921 people in the United States have the first name Taj, about 1 in 61,376. It ranks #3,962 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

TAJ

#3,962

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,921
About
1 in 61,376
This common or more
83.3%
Who bears it

Of the 4,921 people named Taj, 52.7% reported their origin as Black, 18.7% as White and 12.6% as two or more races. 88.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Taj peaked in 2015, when 218 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19652025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
218
In 2025*
123 ▼44%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,290 babies have been given the name since 1965. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Taj by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,310. The largest share of babies named Taj, 41.3%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,71613
1970s#2,996495
1980s#3,996394
1990s#2,670999
2000s#2,4061,581
2010s#2,3101,861
2020s#2,619947
Generation X 1965–808.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.5%
Generation Z 1997–1241.3%
2013 and later35.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Taj is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Taj has been most common in Hawaii (6×), Louisiana (3×), and Florida (2.6×), and least common in Ohio (0.35×).

3,485 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Taj

1 other first name also has 4,921 people.

#3,962 Marygrace · 4,921

Either side of Taj

#3,959 Serina · 4,924#3,962 Marygrace · 4,921#3,964 Rakesh · 4,920#3,965 Jacinta · 4,919

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Taj, most common first.

#6,169 Tahj · 2,627#9,035 Taja · 1,569#12,860 Tak · 953#16,249 Taz · 698#18,652 Taji · 576#18,867 Tajh · 567#30,168 Tag · 290#30,312 Taje · 288

Also a last name

As a last name, Taj ranks #38,482 of 156,621, with 619 people. See Taj as a last name

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