Boys' name · since 1999
Ahijah
Ahijah has 80 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
80 boys have been named Ahijah since 1999, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ahijah has 80 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2023.
- #18,842 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 80 born since 1999
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahijah ranks #18,842 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1999, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,842 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 80
- born since 1999
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ahijah's 80 recorded births place it above 58.34% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ahijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ahijah splits its recorded history at 2005: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ahijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2023
- Peak year (2002)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Ahijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (62 births, 78% of the file).
2000s was Ahijah's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 78% of all-time use.
Ahijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 62 births (78% of all-time use).
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- Ahijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (62 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ahijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ahijah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.