# Taj (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/taj/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,290 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,719 / 571 (9% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 111, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 8,156 |
| 2012 | 8 | 13,342 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8,108 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,471 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,953 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,044 |
| 2017 | 19 | 6,509 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,214 |
| 2019 | 17 | 6,990 |
| 2020 | 16 | 7,193 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,550 |
| 2022 | 14 | 7,989 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,139 |
| 2024 | 29 | 4,764 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,542 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 189 | 1,019 |
| 2012 | 173 | 1,083 |
| 2013 | 156 | 1,161 |
| 2014 | 143 | 1,256 |
| 2015 | 200 | 1,017 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,155 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1,180 |
| 2018 | 171 | 1,133 |
| 2019 | 163 | 1,185 |
| 2020 | 170 | 1,148 |
| 2021 | 160 | 1,212 |
| 2022 | 143 | 1,320 |
| 2023 | 124 | 1,463 |
| 2024 | 125 | 1,458 |
| 2025 | 100 | 1,667 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 6 | 1,850 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 5 | 2,754 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,216 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Taj

- Taj Gibson, American basketball player (born 1985)
- Taj McWilliams-Franklin, American basketball player and coach

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.