Boys' name · since 1990
Tajon
315 babies named Tajon in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,315 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 315
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajon is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 315 have been recorded since 1990.
Tajon has 315 recorded births among boys since 1990, 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 1990 to 2024.
- #10,315 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 315 born since 1990
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajon ranks #10,315 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 315 born since 1990, peaking in the 2000s.
- #10,315 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 315
- born since 1990
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tajon's 315 recorded births place it above 77.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Tajon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Tajon's full recorded timeline at 2003, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 30 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Tajon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2024
- Peak year (2004)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Tajon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (181 births, 57% of the file).
2000s was Tajon's strongest decade.
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Tajon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
95 births
- 2000s
2000s
181 births
- 2010s 32
2010s
32 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 181 births (57% of all-time use).
Tajon by state
Where Tajon concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.6% |
6 of 315 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Tajon's data
- Tajon's decade-level peak was the 2000s (181 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Tajons (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Tajon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~34 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, 1990–2024 (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 Tajon 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.