How Many People Are Named Tahja?
An estimated 242 people in the United States have the first name Tahja. It is predominantly female (94.0%). The average bearer is 27 years old, and Tahja peaked in popularity in 1999 with 38 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Tahja as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Tahja paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
242
About 1 in 1,416,340 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
94.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1999
38 births
Total Registered
248
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Tahja
Tahja is predominantly female (94.0%), though 15 male births have been registered. It functions as a unisex name for a small percentage of bearers.
Tahja as a male name
Ranked #7,331 in 2000
9 male births in 2000
Peak: 2000 (9 births)
Tahja as a female name
Ranked #18,927 in 2014
5 female births in 2014
Peak: 1999 (32 births)
Tahja: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Tahja span from the 1990s to the 2010s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 140 babies were registered. Tahja has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Tahja by Decade
How has Tahja tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Tahja by State
Tahja + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Tahja as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Tahja
Other first names starting with T with a similar number of bearers.
Tahja: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Tahja?
We estimate approximately 242 people named Tahja are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,416,340 Americans share this first name.
Is Tahja a common name?
Tahja is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 248 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Tahja most popular?
Tahja reached peak popularity in 1999, when 38 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Tahja is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Tahja a female name?
Tahja is predominantly female. 94.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Tahja Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Tahja Smith, Tahja Johnson, Tahja Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
Search for a full name combination
How Many of Me