Taj

maleStatistical record

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

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

Taj: Recorded since 1996, it reached #91 in 2008, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#91highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2018–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2021	#3961
2024	#5891

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 boys in England and Wales in 16 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

In 2008: #91 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, #4432 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2357 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2008
Highest recorded position: #91 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2008 (recorded 2007–2008).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5891 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Taj appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 16 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 86 births with the name.

Taj across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Taj's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2357 (1996)	#1732 (2004)	#3688 (2024)	16 of 29	86 (1996–2024)	9 (2004)
England and Wales · Girls	#3985 (2018)	#3961 (2021)	#5891 (2024)	4 of 7	17 (2018–2024)	5 (2018)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#93 (2007)	#91 (2008)	#91 (2008)	2 of 2	225 (2007–2008)	113 (2007)

Taj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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 Taj in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	16	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	32	6 of 10	5
2010s	27	5 of 10	5
2020s	11	2 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Taj 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 2024. Highest recorded position: #91 in New South Wales, Australia in 2008.

Taj'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
2024	England and Wales	female	#5891	3	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3332	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2189	6	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2357	4	High	Verified
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#93	113	Insufficient	Not yet available

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages

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 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #91, first reached in 2008.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years, 2 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 113 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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.

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.

Taiwo · #500, 26y
Taiya · #1083, 25y
Taja · #768, 16y
Tajus · #343, 18y

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.

Emilian · #96, 21y
Kristie · #73, 22y
Taine · #69, 16y
Elea · #114, 21y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Carson · #91, 30y
Cerys · #91, 29y
Olly · #91, 26y
Vinnie · #91, 29y

Taj was ranked #91 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2008. 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.

Taj 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 Taj without appearing here.

Taj moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4432 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #4685.
Brent Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4749 and #3412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2960 and #4608.
Shannon Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4432 and #4432 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2216 and #3822.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2754 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2538 and #4052.

Moved ahead of Taj

Aksel Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2216 and #2403 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1382.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2216 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Theodor Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2538 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #4432 and #1828.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3332 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #3039 and #569.

Moved the opposite way to Taj

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Taj

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Taj went from #2357 to #3688 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

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 2024. Highest recorded position: #91 in New South Wales, Australia in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Taj

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Taj across 3 official records

Taj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Taj across 3 official records

Taj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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