Taji vs Tajuan
American parents have registered 672 Tajuans since 1880, against 645 Tajis. But in 2025 it was Taji that was commoner, 10 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Taji Tajuan
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 57 years in which either name was published, Tajuan for 30 years and Taji for 27 years. The lead changed hands 18 times.
- 1969–1972 Taji ahead
- 1973–2008 Tajuan ahead, apart from 3 short spells
- 2013–2025 Taji ahead, apart from one short spell
12 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Taji | Tajuan | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 645 | 672 |
| Most in one year | 24 | 32 |
| Babies in 2025 | 10 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 630 | 650 |
| Median age today | 26 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1977 | 1999 |
| Best rank | 2,202nd boys | 2,665th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 7,679th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1969 | 1972 |
| Girls / boys | 131 / 514 | 7 / 665 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Tajuans alive today are over 29; half the Tajis are over 26. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Taji and Tajuan.