Unisex name · since 1997
Tajay
Tajay has 77 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 77
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajay is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 77 have been recorded since 1997.
Tajay has 77 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2021.
- #19,202 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 77 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajay ranks #19,202 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 77 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #19,202 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 77
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajay's 77 recorded births place it above 57.75% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Tajay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tajay's full recorded timeline at 2005, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tajay popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2021
- Peak year (1997)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Tajay popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1999 (Tajay as girls' name)
Tajay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (43 births, 56% of the file).
2000s was Tajay's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Tajay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
43 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 43 births (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.
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What to do with Tajay's data
- Tajay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (43 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.
- New York records the most Tajays (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tajay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~24 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, 1997–2021 (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 Tajay 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.