Boys' name · since 1973
Tajuan
Tajuan has 665 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,660 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 665
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
665 boys have been named Tajuan since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Tajuan has 665 recorded births among boys since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2021.
- #6,660 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 665 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tajuan ranks #6,660 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 665 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,660 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 665
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Tajuan's 665 recorded births place it above 85.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Tajuan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Tajuan splits its recorded history at 1996: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2019 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Tajuan popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2021
- Peak year (1999)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 49 years of records
Tajuan popularity over time - girls
7 total births recorded since 1972 (Tajuan as girls' name)
Tajuan by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (211 births, 32% of the file).
1990s was Tajuan's strongest decade.
211 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Tajuan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
118 births
- 1980s
1980s
97 births
- 1990s
1990s
211 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s 62
2010s
62 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 211 births (32% of all-time use).
How Tajuan compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Tajuan's total volume
Tajuan by state
Where Tajuan concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 12 | 1.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 11 | 1.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.8% |
12 of 665 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Tajuan's data
- Tajuan's decade-level peak was the 1990s (211 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.
- Michigan records the most Tajuans (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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 Tajuan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~48 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, 1973–2021 (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 Tajuan 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.