Taraji
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ta-RAH-jee
- Origin
- Swahili
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Taraji is a girls' name of Swahili origin, meaning “hope; expectation”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Taraji mean?
Swahili
“hope; expectation”
Is Taraji a girl's or a boy's name?
Taraji is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Taraji in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Taraji, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th.
2025 had the most girls named Taraji of any year since it first appeared, in 2015.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Taraji in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
How popular is Taraji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Taraji, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 423 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Taraji than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Taraji in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Taraji in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 34 | #4,206 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 71 | #2,482 |
| 2018 | 89 | #2,130 |
| 2017 | 114 | #1,815 |
| 2016 | 147 | #1,534 |
| 2015 | 233 | #1,110 |
| 2014 | 200 | #1,221 |
| 2013 | 192 | #1,242 |
| 2012 | 311 | #858 |
| 2011 | 339 | #800 |
| 2010 | 423 | #680 |
| 2009 | 314 | #876 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
Names like Taraji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Gurbani Anvi Tanvi Avani Aarvi Vaishnavi Anaya Takshvi Prisha Anvika Arya
Names related to Taraji
More Swahili names
Zuri Imani Malaika Emani Jabari Zhuri Imara Maisha Asante Imaani Malaikah Xuri Zuriyah Johari Simba Zamani
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, “Taraji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/taraji, updated 20 October 2026.