Girls' name · since 1997
Taraja
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 34 babies named Taraja, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #39,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Taraja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 34 have been recorded since 1997.
Taraja has 34 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2011.
- #39,658 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Taraja ranks #39,658 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #39,658 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Taraja's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Taraja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Taraja splits its recorded history at 2009: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Taraja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2011
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 15 years of records
Taraja by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (15 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Taraja's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Taraja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
14 births
- 2010s
2010s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15 births (44% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Taraja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~14 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, 1997–2011 (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 Taraja 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.