Ahijah — boys' name
80 babies named Ahijah in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Ahijah was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ahijah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ahijah
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Ahijah between 1999 and 2023, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ahijah currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ahijah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ahijah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ahijah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ahijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1999
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
80 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 10 births in a single year.
Ahijah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 62 births that decade — 78% of Ahijah's all-time total
Ahijah decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ahijah's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1999–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.