Taija

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Taija by the numbers

Taija was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 54 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Taija

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Taija. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Taimaloud thunder; native american origin5 in the US (2017)
  • Tanjafairy queen; a form of Tatiana
  • Taina25 in the US (2017)
  • Taiba15 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taia3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Taiya9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Taija

Names that are said the same way as Taija, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Taja8 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Taija

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