girls:
519 births since 1965
#5197 (9th percentile)
boys:
5.5k births since 1969
#1610 (65th percentile)
overall:
6k births since 1965
#3496 (55th percentile)
The name Taj is the #3,496 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 6,010 recorded births since 1965. This represents the 54.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 54.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,610 (64.9% percentile) for all time with 5,491 births since 1969. For girls, it ranks #5,197 (9.0% percentile) for all time with 519 births since 1965.
Taj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1965 (1965 for girls and 1969 for boys). Birth data for Taj is available in 56 out of the 59 years between 1965 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 48 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Taj has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 91.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 86.0% of babies named Taj were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1965 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (91.4% boys from 1969 to 2023).
For boys, Taj reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 21.6% percentile (ranked #710) with 98 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 98 births per million (ranked 21.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Taj ranks #793 for boys (13.0% percentile) with 67 births per million, which is 68.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Taj reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #918) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Taj ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 89.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taj".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Taj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.5% confident that Taj is pronounced as tahj, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tahzh, at 17.5% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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