Taha is a distinctive choice, ranked #507 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Taha in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#507
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About the Name Taha
Taha is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 51 places over five years. Its high point was #486 in 2010, and it now sits at #691. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Taha is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Taha in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Taha
Taha Baadi — Taha Baadi is a Moroccan tennis player who previously represented Canada in international competitions.
Taha Mortazavi — Taha Mortazavi SorkhKolaei is an Iranian professional futsal player.
Mohammed Taha — Mohammed Taha is an Indian cricketer.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Taha
Unlikely. With around 76 UK babies named Taha per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Taha in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Taha is rising: up 133 places since 2020, to #507 in 2025. Its best recorded position was #486 in 2010.
Taha is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Taha include: Taha Baadi, Taha Mortazavi and Mohammed Taha. Short summaries for each appear below.
Taha does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Tahas in the wild.
76
UK babies named Taha (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 133 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Taha
Almost certainly the only Taha in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Taha
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Uthman ibn Abduh ibn Husayn ibn Taha al-Halyabi (or Uthman Taha, Arabic: عثمان طه) is a Kazakh-Syrian-Saudi calligrapher of the Quran in the Arabic language renowned for hand-writing Mushaf al-Madinah issued by the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an.
Rihab Rashid Taha al-Azawi is an Iraqi microbiologist, dubbed Dr Germ by United Nations weapons inspectors, who worked in Saddam Hussein's biological weapons program.