girl's name

Taraji

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 2,843

Taraji is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2010, when 437 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 236,855 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2002.

Taraji over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,151
'00 '10 '20
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Births named Taraji by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 432
2010s 2,151
2020s (to 2025) 231

How popular is Taraji?

In 2025, Taraji was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Taraji is used

England & Wales #4,737 5 in 2025
United States #7,799 14 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Taraji

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Taraji also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Taraji over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Taraji

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Taraji — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Taraji

How popular is the name Taraji?

In 2025, Taraji was given to 14 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Taraji a girl's or a boy's name?

Taraji is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Taraji most popular?

Taraji peaked in 2010, when 437 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Taraji a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Taraji currently ranks #4,737 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.