How Many People Are Named Taj?
people named Taj are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 55,574 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,290 babies named Taj in Social Security records from 1965 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
218 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "crown" in Arabic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Taj, 9.1% were girls and 90.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 9.1% of the babies were girls then and 13.2% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Taj alive today is about 20 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Taj first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 2015, to 218 babies. In 2025, 123 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Taj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #954, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,667.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,667 |
| Best rank | #954 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,113 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Taj alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Taj were born in California than in any other state: about 823 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Taj was given 6.6 times as often in Hawaii, 3.7 times in Louisiana and 2.2 times in New York.
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