Recorded 1993–2019 Unisex name Peak 1996 170 births

Tajai — boys' name

170 babies named Tajai in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1002000s492010s21
1990s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Tajai was born in this single decade.

1996
Single peak year

21 babies were named Tajai in 1996 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tajai

The Social Security Administration has registered 170 babies named Tajai between 1993 and 2019, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tajai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 21 babies received it in a single year. Tajai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 147 additional births since 1989.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tajai performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Tajai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tajai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 170 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Tajai at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

170

Since 1993

27 years of records

Peak year

1996

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1993

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 2019

Tajai popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1993

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1996)
21
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
0510152025 2019201020032000199719941993 7

Tajai popularity over time — girls

147 total births recorded since 1989 (Tajai as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 147 births
05101520 200720052003200119991997199519931989 5

Tajai by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
100 births that decade — 59% of Tajai's all-time total
1990s1002000s492010s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tajai?
170 babies have been named Tajai since 1993. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1996 with 21 births.
When was Tajai most popular?
Tajai was most popular in the 1990s decade with 100 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
Is Tajai a unisex name?
Yes, Tajai is used for both boys and girls. As a boy's name it has 170 births, and as a girl's name it has 147 births.
How long has the name Tajai been used?
Tajai has been recorded in Social Security data since 1993, spanning 27 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Tajai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taj, Tajh, Tajuan, Taji, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1993–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.