Girls' name · since 1996
Tyaja
Tyaja has 31 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2000 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tyaja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 31 have been recorded since 1996.
Tyaja has 31 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1996 to 2008.
- #40,722 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 31 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Tyaja ranks #40,722 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 31 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #40,722 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 31
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Tyaja's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Tyaja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Tyaja's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 58% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 42%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1996, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2000 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Tyaja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2008
- Peak year (2000)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
31 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 8 births in a single year.
Tyaja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 84% of the file).
2000s was Tyaja's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 84% of all-time use.
Tyaja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (84% of all-time use).
Tyaja decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Tyaja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1996–2008 (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 Tyaja 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.
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