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.

Taja

#4,594 most common girls' name of all time · #7,811 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#4,594
Rank overall
#7,811 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,916
Since 2016
62
Peak year
1988 #723
Best rank
#723 1988
Girls Boys peak 259/yr
198020002020

Taja first appears in 1968. 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 6 — 6 #13,528
2024 6 — 6 #13,818
2023 7 — 7 #12,458
2021 5 — 5 #15,721
2020 9 — 9 #10,438
2019 5 — 5 #15,976
2018 7 — 7 #12,732
2017 8 — 8 #11,850
2016 9 — 9 #11,062
2014 11 — 11 #9,663
2013 11 — 11 #9,751
2012 9 — 9 #11,456
2011 20 — 20 #6,403
2010 15 — 15 #7,996
2009 26 — 26 #5,435
2008 20 — 20 #6,637
2007 31 — 31 #4,729
2006 21 — 21 #6,209
2005 41 — 41 #3,610
2004 42 — 42 #3,524
2003 53 — 53 #2,902
2002 71 — 71 #2,297
2001 68 8 76 #2,346
2000 71 5 76 #2,229
1999 91 — 91 #1,761
1998 90 — 90 #1,759
1997 100 9 109 #1,603
1996 56 — 56 #2,359
1995 53 — 53 #2,444
1994 47 — 47 #2,644
1993 50 — 50 #2,512
1992 48 — 48 #2,599
1991 63 — 63 #2,127
1990 85 — 85 #1,728
1989 127 6 133 #1,248
1988 259 — 259 #723
1987 30 — 30 #3,151
1986 11 — 11 #6,413
1985 13 — 13 #5,549
1984 10 — 10 #6,584
1983 8 — 8 #7,699
1982 11 — 11 #6,171
1981 7 — 7 #8,600
1980 12 — 12 #5,783
1979 13 — 13 #5,313
1978 12 — 12 #5,435
1977 16 — 16 #4,372
1976 16 — 16 #4,099
1975 11 — 11 #5,420
1974 9 — 9 #6,124
1973 15 — 15 #4,120
1972 11 — 11 #5,059
1971 11 — 11 #5,106
1970 13 — 13 #4,475
1969 10 — 10 #5,036
1968 8 — 8 #5,635