Boys' name · since 1990
Tahji
Since 1990, U.S. Social Security records show 157 babies named Tahji, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,469 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tahji is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 157 have been recorded since 1990.
Tahji has 157 recorded births among boys since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2021.
- #14,469 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 157 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tahji ranks #14,469 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 157 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #14,469 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 157
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tahji's 157 recorded births place it above 68.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tahji's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tahji's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tahji popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2021
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Tahji by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (77 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Tahji's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Tahji births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 77 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Tahji's decade-level peak was the 1990s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tahji: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1990–2021 (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 Tahji 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.