Taja

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Taja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Taja: Recorded since 1996, it reached #768 in 2012, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#768highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2152
1998	#2165
1999	#2770
2000	#3912
2002	#2868
2006	#5061
2008	#3005
2010	#5707
2011	#5785
2012	#4838
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2016	#4763
2017	#3583
2018	#3518

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 16 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2012: #768 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4838 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #3518 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Taja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Taja in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	18	4 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	36	8 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Taja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #768 in Republic of Ireland in 2012.

Taja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#5707	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2152	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2018, ranked in 16 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #768, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 16 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,518position in 2018, its most recent recorded year
16 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Taiya · #1083, 25y
Taj · #91, 18y
Tajus · #343, 18y
Taksh · #1675, 10y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Andra · #768, 20y
Apolonia · #768, 14y
Tabita · #768, 16y
Zsofia · #768, 16y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Andra · #768, 20y
Tilda · #768, 28y
Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y

Taja was ranked #768 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Taja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Taja without appearing here.

Taja moved ahead of

Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #5061 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #3005 and #5545.
Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #5765.
Rian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #4838 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #5691.
Jayden Compare
In 2017 they stood at #5785 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Taja

Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #1862.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2770 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3518 and #1711.
Teddy Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2868 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #3514 and #1798.

Moved the opposite way to Taja

Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Taja went from #2152 to #3518 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1234.

Moved the same way as Taja

Karin Compare
Between 1996 and 2016 in England and Wales · Girls, Taja went from #3126 to #4763 and Karin from #2350 to #4096.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2015 in England and Wales · Girls, Taja went from #3126 to #4736 and Therese from #2096 to #4103.
Ellinor Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Taja went from #3126 to #4838 and Ellinor from #2350 to #5876.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #768 in Republic of Ireland in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Taja

Taja at a glance

What the data shows

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Taja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Taja at a glance

Taja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Taja moved ahead of

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