girls:
131 births since 1969
#5585 (2nd percentile)
boys:
496 births since 1976
#4090 (11th percentile)
overall:
627 births since 1969
#7112 (8th percentile)
The name Taji is the #7,112 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 627 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 8.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,090 (10.8% percentile) for all time with 496 births since 1976. For girls, it ranks #5,585 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 131 births since 1969.
Taji first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Taji is available in 52 out of the 55 years between 1969 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 20 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 Taji has been given predominantly to boys, with 79.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Taji were boys. Interestingly, until around 1977, the name was more popular for girls (79.6% girls from 1969 to 1976), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.6% boys from 1977 to 2023).
For boys, Taji reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #658) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Despite a peak around 2017, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Taji ranks #902 for boys (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 62.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Taji reached its peak popularity in 1993, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #859) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1971, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Taji".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Taji. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 77.1% confident that Taji is pronounced as TAH-jee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is tuh-JEE, at 22.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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