Unisex name · since 1990
Tahja
Tahja has 233 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,293 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
233 girls have been named Tahja since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahja has been recorded 233 times among girls since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2014.
- #18,293 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 233 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahja ranks #18,293 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 233 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #18,293 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 233
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tahja's 233 recorded births place it above 74.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Tahja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tahja's full recorded timeline at 2000, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1999 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tahja popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2014
- Peak year (1999)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tahja popularity over time - boys
15 total births recorded since 1999 (Tahja as boys' name)
Tahja by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (134 births, 58% of the file).
1990s was Tahja's strongest decade.
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Tahja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
134 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 134 births (58% of all-time use).
Tahja by state
Where Tahja concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 2.1% |
5 of 233 births nationwide.
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What to do with Tahja's data
- Tahja's decade-level peak was the 1990s (134 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Tahjas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tahja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2014 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Tahja draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.