Taraji — #4264 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Taraji

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,749 babies named Taraji between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Taraji currently holds the #4264 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 423 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Taraji performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Taraji shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 371 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Taraji in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Taraji in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 2,749 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.