Taija

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Taija is a Finnish feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: Taija Finni, professor of kinesiology at the University of Jyväskylä Taija Jurmu, Miss Europe 1997 contestant Taija Tuominen, Finnish writer and creative writing teacher

From Wikipedia

Taija first appears in the data in 1985 and has been recorded in 35 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1999 with 54 babies (rank #2,637 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Taija

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Taija yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
3PersonalityThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

822

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1985	7	#9,177
1986	17	#4,707
1987	28	#3,318
1988	32	#3,155
1989	32	#3,320
1990	39	#2,953
1991	28	#3,804
1992	28	#3,860
1993	35	#3,282
1994	18	#5,423
1995	27	#3,964
1996	27	#4,037
1997	29	#3,882
1998	51	#2,688
1999	54	#2,637
2000	40	#3,396
2001	49	#2,956
2002	35	#3,799
2003	51	#2,993
2004	35	#4,082
2005	20	#6,221
2006	17	#7,448
2007	15	#8,474
2008	17	#7,712
2009	18	#7,309
2010	9	#12,150
2011	6	#16,550
2012	7	#14,814
2013	6	#16,326
2014	8	#12,952
2015	9	#11,740
2016	6	#16,025
2017	8	#12,609
2018	9	#11,332
2019	5	#17,685