Tajay — boys' name
77 babies named Tajay in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Tajay was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Tajay in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tajay
The Social Security Administration has registered 77 babies named Tajay between 1997 and 2021, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tajay currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Tajay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1999.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tajay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Tajay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tajay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tajay 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 77 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.
Tajay at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tajay popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1997
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
77 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 11 births in a single year.
Tajay popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 1999 (Tajay as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Tajay accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tajay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 43 births that decade — 56% of Tajay's all-time total
Tajay decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Tajay's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Tajay by state
Where Tajay concentrates geographically — total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 6.5% |
5 of 77 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 6.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 6.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1997–2021 (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.