Girls' name · since 1993
Ahja
107 babies named Ahja in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ahja sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 107 recorded since 1993.
Social Security Administration records show Ahja recorded 107 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2014.
- #26,335 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 107 born since 1993
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahja ranks #26,335 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 107 born since 1993, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,335 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 107
- born since 1993
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ahja's 107 recorded births place it above 63.44% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ahja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ahja splits its recorded history at 2002: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1993 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2009 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ahja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2014
- Peak year (2009)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Ahja by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (41 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Ahja's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Ahja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
40 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 41 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Ahja's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (41 total births) through the 2010s (26) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ahja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1993–2014 (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 Ahja 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.