Given name
Tejah
“one who is mentioned”·“wearing a crown”
Tejah is a variant of Taja. Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tejah is a variant of Taja. Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tejah is a variant of Taja. Taja has been associated with African and Hindi naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tejah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 97
- 0 boys · 97 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 129 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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