Tahja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-jah
- Origin
- Modern
Tahja is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Tahja come from?
Modern: modern coinage, probably a variant of Taja
Is Tahja a girl's or a boy's name?
Tahja is a girls' name.
How popular is Tahja in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 32 girls. It first appears in the records in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Tahja in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tahja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
Names like Tahja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Zaira Salma Hiba Shayla Huda Zayla Hafsa Zayra Uma Rahma Aysha
Names related to Tahja
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Tahja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tahja, updated 20 October 2026.