Recorded 1990–2022 Girls' name Peak 2001 479 births

Tajanae — girls' name

479 babies named Tajanae in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s1652000s2662010s432020s5
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Tajanae was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

51 babies were named Tajanae in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Tajanae

The Social Security Administration has registered 479 babies named Tajanae between 1990 and 2022, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tajanae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 51 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tajanae performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tajanae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Tajanae in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tajanae 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 479 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.

Tajanae at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

479

Since 1990

33 years of records

Peak year

2001

51 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1990

Recorded for 33 years

Last year on file: 2022

Tajanae popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1990

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2001)
51
Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
0204060 2022201120072003199919951990 5

Tajanae by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
266 births that decade — 56% of Tajanae's all-time total
1990s1652000s2662010s432020s5

Tajanae by state

Where Tajanae concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 7 states by recorded births for the name Tajanae
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
42 8.8%
#2 New York
18 3.8%
#3 Michigan
11 2.3%
#4 Louisiana
6 1.3%
#5 Pennsylvania
6 1.3%
#6 Ohio
5 1.0%
#7 Texas
5 1.0%
California share of Tajanae's total US births 8.8%
Even split

42 of 479 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Tajanae?
479 babies have been named Tajanae since 1990. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2001 with 51 births.
When was Tajanae most popular?
Tajanae was most popular in the 2000s decade with 266 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Tajanae most popular?
The top states for the name Tajanae are California (42 births), New York (18 births), Michigan (11 births).
How long has the name Tajanae been used?
Tajanae has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 33 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Tajanae?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Taja, Tajuana, Tajah, Taj, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1990–2022 (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.