Taji
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TAH-jee
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Taji is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “crown”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Taji mean?
Persian: Swahili taji, via Arabic from Persian taj
“crown”
Is Taji a girl's or a boy's name?
Taji is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Taji, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Taji in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taji in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 14 | #3,965 |
| 1989 | 16 | #3,440 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
Names like Taji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuri, Rumi, Dakota, Rishi, Avi, Tru, Sami, Yitzchok, Ari, Loki, Ravi, Bodhi
Names related to Taji
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman, Armaan
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, “Taji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taji, updated 20 October 2026.