Given name & surname
Taha
“the firstborn child”
Taha is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “the firstborn child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “the firstborn child.”
How it developed
In Turkish usage, Taha developed from طه.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,424
- 2,424 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2014
- 107 babies
- 2025
- 107
- #1,598 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 107 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,598 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 13.4% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (21). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,047 as a first name in 2020; 2,975 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taha’s family of names
In Turkish usage, Taha developed from the Arabic form طه. Taha has a related form in Tahatan. In French usage, Taha has a conventional equivalent in the Arabic form طَهَ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Taha
- Taha HusseinEgyptian writer and literary critic (1889–1973)
- Taha AkgülTurkish wrestler (born 1990)
- Taha Yassin RamadanIraqi politician (1938-2007)
- Abu Mohammad al-Adnaniformer official spokesman for IS (1977–2016)
- Taha AliSwedish footballer (born 1998)
- Taha al-HashimiPrime Minister of Iraq (1888–1961)
- Taha Muhie-eldin MaroufIraqi politician (1924-2009)
- Taha AyariSwedish association football playerborn 2005
- Taha Abdurrahmanphilosopherborn 1944
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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