Girls' name · since 1989
Taijah
Taijah has 386 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 386
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
386 girls have been named Taijah since 1989, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Taijah has 386 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1989 to 2015.
- #13,811 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 386 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taijah ranks #13,811 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 386 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,811 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 386
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Taijah's 386 recorded births place it above 80.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Taijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Taijah's full recorded timeline at 2002, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2000 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Taijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2015
- Peak year (2000)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Taijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (211 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Taijah's strongest decade.
211 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Taijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
136 births
- 2000s
2000s
211 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 211 births (55% of all-time use).
Taijah by state
Where Taijah concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
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What to do with Taijah's data
- Taijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (211 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Taijahs (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
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 Taijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1989–2015 (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 Taijah 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.