Unisex name · since 1995

Tahjai

70 babies named Tahjai in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#19,857 of 45,481
all-time among boys
70
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade

70 boys have been named Tahjai since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Tahjai has 70 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2006.

  • #19,857 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 70 born since 1995
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahjai ranks #19,857 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 70 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.

#19,857 of 45,481
all-time among boys
70
born since 1995
2000s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Tahjai's 70 recorded births place it above 56.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Tahjai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Tahjai splits its recorded history at 2001: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Tahjai popularity over time - boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2006

Last recorded 2006
Peak year (1998)
11
Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
4681012 199519981999200020012002200320042006 8

Tahjai popularity over time - girls

28 total births recorded since 1997 (Tahjai as girls' name)

Unisex variant - 28 births
4.555.566.577.5 19971998200520062010 5

Tahjai by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 61% of the file).

2000s was Tahjai's strongest decade.

43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.

Tahjai births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (61% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tahjai? ▼
Since 1995, Social Security records show 70 babies named Tahjai. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #19,857 of 45,481 boys' names by total births. The most recent recorded year was 2006. Its busiest year on record was 1998, with 11 births.
Where does Tahjai sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahjai ranks #19,857 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Tahjai most popular? ▼
Tahjai was most popular in the 2000s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 1998.
Is Tahjai a unisex name? ▼
Yes, Tahjai is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 70 births, and as a girl's name it has 28 births.
How long has the name Tahjai been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Tahjai since 1995 -- 12 years through the most recent 2006 data.
What names are similar to Tahjai? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Tahj, Taha, Tahir, Tahmid, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Keep exploring Tahjai

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Two nationwide peer axes for Tahjai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1995–2006 (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 Tahjai 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.