Taha
Masculine
Taha is two letters. Sura 20 of the Quran opens with them and nobody knows what they mean — they are among the mysterious letters that begin twenty-nine suras and have never been explained.
How old is the name Taha?
Taha first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Taha alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 2,400 people named Taha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taha most popular?
Taha peaked in 2014, reaching #1506 nationally. Today it ranks #1585, 79 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ta-Ha to Taha
The story of Taha
The mysterious letters of the Quran have been debated for fourteen centuries; some read them as abbreviations, some as divine oaths, some as attributes of God. Ta-Ha is also used as an epithet of the Prophet by some traditions. The name is common across Turkey, the Arab world and South Asia, and appears in American records in current use.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Ta-Ha are two Arabic letters that open the twentieth sura. They belong to the muqatta'at, the disconnected letters that begin twenty-nine suras and whose meaning is genuinely unknown — classical commentators offered dozens of readings and agreed on none. The sura is called Ta-Ha after them.
How the name formed
- Ta-Ha
- Taha
Related forms: طه · Taha · Taha
Pronouncing Taha
TAH-hah
Two syllables, evenly weighted. Arabic gives the t an emphatic quality English does not have.
Nicknames for Taha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 2014107 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1506reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- +11.5%107 in 2025, from 96
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Taha in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- طه in Arabic — transliteration
- Taha in Turkish — same name
- Taha in Urdu — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Tahas among us
people named Taha are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 15,963 born in 2025 was named Taha
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Correy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taha's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Correy climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Correy's path sketches the road Taha is walking now.
Taha is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Taha is headed
Taha should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Taha beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taha in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It belongs to one of the genuine and long-standing mysteries of the Quranic text.
- It is used across Arabic, Turkish and Urdu naming without change.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- The meaning is genuinely unknown, and fourteen centuries of scholarship have not settled it.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
- It reads as specifically Islamic.
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Masculine · #1585 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Tahas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,400 people named Taha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taha in 2025?
- Taha ranks #1585 among US boy names in 2025, with 107 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taha?
- About 1 in every 15,963 US boys born in 2025 was named Taha — 107 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taha with classmates?
- Taha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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