Given name & surname · also African
Taja
“one who is mentioned”·“wearing a crown”
Taja is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with African and Hindi naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Taja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,916
- 28 boys · 1,888 girls
- Most popular year
- 1988
- 259 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #14,748 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 14,748 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 259 in 1988. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,569 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Taja’s family of names
Taja has a related form in Teja. Taja has a related form in Tajah. Taja has a related form in Tajae.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Taja
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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