Taj
Masculine · “crown”
Taj is given to both — 5,719 boys and 571 girls since 1880. See Taj as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Taj is a crown in Persian and Arabic — the word at the front of the Taj Mahal, which means crown of palaces and was built for a woman whose title it was.
How old is the name Taj?
Taj first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Taj alive today was born around 2008, making them about 17 years old. About 5,600 people named Taj are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Taj most popular?
Taj peaked in 1998, reaching #953 nationally. Today it ranks #1663, 710 places below that high. See the whole 1998 chart.
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Where it comes from
From taj to Taj
The story of Taj
Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal between 1632 and 1653 for his wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died in childbirth; some twenty thousand workers were employed on it. The word taj is an ordinary crown in four languages. The name is used across the Persian and South Asian world and appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
crown
From the Persian and Arabic taj, 'crown'. Mumtaz Mahal's title contracted to Taj Mahal, 'crown of palaces'. The word is ordinary in Persian, Arabic, Urdu and Hindi. The meaning is undisputed, and the Turkish and Persian suffix -zade is unrelated.
How the name formed
- taj
- Taj
Related forms: تاج · Taj · Tahj
Pronouncing Taj
TAHZH
One syllable. The j is soft, as in the French jour; some American bearers use a hard j instead.
Nicknames for Taj
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
- 1969
- Most boys named
- 2015200 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #953reached in 1998
- Change vs 2024
- −20.0%100 in 2025, from 125
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.
Taj in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- تاج in Persian — transliteration
- Taj in Hindi — same name
- Tahj in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Tajs among us
people named Taj are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,081 born in 2025 was named Taj
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 Sharif test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Taj's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sharif climbed just as high around 1977, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sharif's path sketches the road Taj is walking now.
Taj sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Taj is headed
Taj 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.
Taj beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Taj in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The crown meaning is concrete, transparent and undisputed.
- One of the most famous buildings on earth carries the word.
- One syllable, short, and internationally legible.
- The final consonant splits between a soft and a hard reading.
- Tahj is an American respelling in equal use.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #1663 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Tajs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 5,600 people named Taj are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Taj in 2025?
- Taj ranks #1663 among US boy names in 2025, with 100 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Taj?
- About 1 in every 17,081 US boys born in 2025 was named Taj — 100 in all.
- Will my child share the name Taj with classmates?
- Taj will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Taj
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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