Taja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAH-zha
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Taja is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Taja come from?
Modern: probably a feminine form of Taj
Is Taja a girl's or a boy's name?
Taja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taja in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Taja in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Taja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Taja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Taja, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1988, with 259 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Taja in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,674 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 41 | #3,583 |
| 2004 | 42 | #3,486 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 71 | #2,285 |
| 2001 | 68 | #2,327 |
| 2000 | 71 | #2,209 |
| 1999 | 91 | #1,750 |
| 1998 | 90 | #1,749 |
| 1997 | 100 | #1,593 |
| 1996 | 56 | #2,337 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 47 | #2,622 |
| 1993 | 50 | #2,484 |
| 1992 | 48 | #2,571 |
| 1991 | 63 | #2,105 |
| 1990 | 85 | #1,712 |
| 1989 | 127 | #1,241 |
| 1988 | 259 | #720 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,098 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,146 |
Names like Taja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Tanisha Isha Priya Krisha Prisha Anya Sasha Radhika Viha Hana Risha
Names related to Taja
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Taja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taja, updated 20 October 2026.