Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Taj*

#1,512 most common boys' name of all time · #3,667 across all names · 91% male / 9% female · used 1965–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#1,512
Rank overall
#3,667 of 105,966
First appeared
1965
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
6,290
Since 2016
1,674
Peak year
2015 #1,018
Best rank
#956 1998
Girls Boys peak 218/yr
198020002020

Taj first appears in 1965. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 23 100 123 #1,665
2024 29 125 154 #1,453
2023 20 124 144 #1,460
2022 14 143 157 #1,317
2021 23 160 183 #1,211
2020 16 170 186 #1,146
2019 17 163 180 #1,184
2018 20 171 191 #1,131
2017 19 159 178 #1,179
2016 11 167 178 #1,151
2015 18 200 218 #1,018
2014 12 143 155 #1,255
2013 15 156 171 #1,158
2012 8 173 181 #1,081
2011 15 189 204 #1,017
2010 8 197 205 #996
2009 9 191 200 #1,022
2008 12 167 179 #1,103
2007 10 149 159 #1,185
2006 10 150 160 #1,140
2005 8 169 177 #1,009
2004 12 129 141 #1,193
2003 9 151 160 #1,040
2002 8 126 134 #1,135
2001 10 128 138 #1,111
2000 11 122 133 #1,140
1999 9 128 137 #1,067
1998 17 146 163 #956
1997 16 111 127 #1,131
1996 8 80 88 #1,355
1995 7 72 79 #1,397
1994 12 79 91 #1,319
1993 6 75 81 #1,318
1992 8 56 64 #1,595
1991 9 91 100 #1,159
1990 5 64 69 #1,404
1989 8 35 43 #2,057
1988 32 32 #2,019
1987 22 22 #2,532
1986 12 27 39 #2,151
1985 29 29 #2,005
1984 7 39 46 #1,577
1983 8 31 39 #1,811
1982 6 40 46 #1,558
1981 7 39 46 #1,572
1980 9 43 52 #1,470
1979 42 42 #1,458
1978 8 56 64 #1,200
1977 7 67 74 #1,062
1976 72 72 #989
1975 5 61 66 #1,082
1974 43 43 #1,308
1973 15 54 69 #1,121
1972 5 26 31 #1,766
1971 18 18 #2,269
1970 5 11 16 #3,056
1969 8 8 #3,563
1965 5 5