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Taj

Taj: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“crown”
Origin
Persian
Say it
TAHJ · 1 syllable
Used for
Boys (91% of all uses)

From Persian tāj meaning 'crown', widely used in South Asia and also familiar in Arabic-speaking contexts through Persian influence. It appears as both a given name and an element in compounds.

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How popular is Taj?

202446.0 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Taj in 2024153

2024 rank#1,458 boys

Peak year2015

Total US babies since 18806,164

Taj has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Taj

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Tahjcrown · Arabic
  • Jaspertreasurer · Persian
  • Cyrussun; uncertain · Persian
  • Kiankingly · Persian
  • Dariuspossessing goodness · Persian
  • ArianAryan; noble · Persian
  • Caspertreasurer · Persian
  • Kiaanking, realm · Persian

Taj questions

What does the name Taj mean?

Taj means "crown". It comes from Persian. From Persian tāj meaning 'crown', widely used in South Asia and also familiar in Arabic-speaking contexts through Persian influence. It appears as both a given name and an element in compounds.

Is Taj a boy or girl name?

Taj is mainly a boy's name in US records (91% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Taj?

153 US babies were named Taj in 2024. Its peak year was 2015.

How do you pronounce Taj?

Taj is usually pronounced TAHJ.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.