Unisex name · since 1993
Tajai
Since 1993, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Tajai, peaking in 1996. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,797 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,632 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
175 babies have been named Tajai since 1993, making it today's #12632 unisex name.
Tajai has 175 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12632 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of boys, 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 1993 to 2025.
- #13,797 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,632 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 175 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajai ranks #13,797 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,632 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 175 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,797 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,632 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 175
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tajai's 175 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Tajai compares
175 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Tajai's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Tajai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 175 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 34 | 22,252 |
Tajai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tajai's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 33% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 67%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1996 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tajai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (1996)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Tajai popularity over time - girls
147 total births recorded since 1989 (Tajai as girls' name)
Tajai by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (100 births, 57% of the file).
1990s was Tajai's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tajai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
100 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 100 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Tajai's decade-level peak was the 1990s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Tajai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Tajai 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.