Taj Boy
How popular is Taj?
#1,663 boy name in 2025
100 baby boys were named Taj in the US in 2025, making it the 1663rd most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).
Taj popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,663 for boys (▼ 215 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 100 boys, 23 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,016 in 2015, #1,144 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (200 boys) |
| Highest rank | #951 in 1998 |
| First recorded | 1969 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 89% boys, 11% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Taj counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Taj family of names ranked #954 for boys in 2025 (#859 the year before), with 212 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Taj | 100 | 47% |
| Tahj | 112 | 53% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Taj is most popular
Babies named Taj per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Louisiana: 0.2 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 boys)
Taj by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1970s | 450 | #977 |
| 1980s | 337 | #1,449 |
| 1990s | 902 | #951 |
| 2000s | 1,482 | #1,004 |
| 2010s | 1,718 | #995 |
| 2020s | 822 | #1,144 |
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Questions
- Is Taj a boy or girl name?
- Taj is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 89% of babies named Taj were boys.
- How popular is the name Taj?
- 100 baby boys were named Taj in the US in 2025, making it the 1663rd most popular boy name. Another 23 girls got the name (#5,409 for girls).
- When was Taj most popular?
- Taj peaked in 2015, when 200 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #951 in 1998.
- How many people are named Taj?
- 6,290 babies have been named Taj in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,160 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Taj most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Taj was most common in Louisiana, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.