Tahj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAHZH
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #1,539 for boys
Tahj is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “crown”. In 2025 it ranked 1,539th for boys in the US (112 babies).
What does Tahj mean?
Persian: spelling of Taj
“crown”
Is Tahj a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 112 boys in the US.
How popular is Tahj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 112about 1 in 15,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 112 boys in the US were named Tahj, making it the 1,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,081st. Its busiest year was 1998, with 204 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989. 5 girls were also named Tahj in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Tahj than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Tahj in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 boys in the US were given Tahj or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #955, up from #1,539 for this spelling alone.
- Tahj 112
- Taj 100
Tahj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 112 | #1,539 |
| 2024 | 130 | #1,418 |
| 2023 | 140 | #1,346 |
| 2022 | 141 | #1,330 |
| 2021 | 157 | #1,225 |
| 2020 | 184 | #1,081 |
| 2019 | 155 | #1,226 |
| 2018 | 132 | #1,352 |
| 2017 | 133 | #1,341 |
| 2016 | 125 | #1,399 |
| 2015 | 137 | #1,297 |
| 2014 | 129 | #1,340 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 124 | #1,359 |
| 2010 | 109 | #1,492 |
| 2009 | 135 | #1,298 |
| 2008 | 87 | #1,736 |
| 2007 | 83 | #1,772 |
| 2006 | 71 | #1,892 |
| 2005 | 73 | #1,787 |
| 2004 | 112 | #1,314 |
| 2003 | 139 | #1,102 |
| 2002 | 132 | #1,106 |
| 2001 | 131 | #1,087 |
| 2000 | 122 | #1,135 |
| 1999 | 175 | #861 |
| 1998 | 204 | #770 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,049 |
| 1996 | 27 | #2,742 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 27 | #2,593 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,909 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
Names like Tahj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Hamza Zahir Musa Zamir Muhammad Nasir Jamir Amir Saif Ibrahim Abdullah
Other spellings of Tahj
Names related to Tahj
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tahj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahj, updated 20 October 2026.