Boys' name · since 1974
Tajiri
37 babies named Tajiri in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,399 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
37 boys have been named Tajiri since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tajiri has 37 recorded births among boys since 1974, 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 1974 to 2024.
- #24,399 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 37 born since 1974
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajiri ranks #24,399 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 37 born since 1974, peaking in the 2000s.
- #24,399 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 37
- born since 1974
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajiri's 37 recorded births place it above 46.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tajiri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tajiri's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1974, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tajiri popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Tajiri by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (21 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Tajiri's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tajiri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
21 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 21 births (57% of all-time use).
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- Tajiri's decade-level peak was the 2000s (21 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 Tajiri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~50 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, 1974–2024 (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 Tajiri 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.