Boys' name · since 1996
Tajaun
Tajaun has 22 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
22 boys have been named Tajaun since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajaun has been recorded 22 times among boys since 1996, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2005.
- #28,401 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajaun ranks #28,401 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajaun's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tajaun's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tajaun splits its recorded history at 2001: 73% of all births land in the more recent half, 27% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tajaun popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2005
- Peak year (2001)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Tajaun by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 73% of the file).
2000s was Tajaun's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.
Tajaun births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (73% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Tajaun: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1996–2005 (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 Tajaun 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.