Total births
54
Girls' name · since 1992
Ahjah
54 babies named Ahjah in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16015
- among girls today
- 54
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 10%
- more common than other girls
Ahjah currently ranks #16015 among girls' names in America, with 54 babies recorded since 1992.
Ahjah has 54 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16015 as of the latest data, more common than 10% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2024.
- #16015 among girls today
- 54 born since 1992
- 1990s peak decade
- 10% more common than other girls
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
Ahjah is currently the #16015 girls' name in America, more common than 10% of girls - 54 born since 1992, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16015
- among girls today
- 54
- born since 1992
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 10%
- more common than other girls
Ahjah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#16015
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
1990s
Peak decade
46% of everyone ever named Ahjah was born in this single decade.
1996
Single peak year
7 babies were named Ahjah in 1996 - its busiest year on record.
How Ahjah compares
54 16th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ahjah's all-time total is 86% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ahjah | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 54 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
Ahjah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ahjah splits its recorded history at 2001: 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 1996 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ahjah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
1996
Current rank
#16,015
Active since
1992
Ahjah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2024
- Peak year (1996)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Ahjah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1990s was Ahjah's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Ahjah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
25 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 25 births (46% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Ahjah? ▼
Ahjah has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 1992, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #16015 as of the latest data. 7 babies were born in 1996, its single highest year.
When was Ahjah most popular? ▼
Ahjah was most popular in the 1990s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 1996.
How long has the name Ahjah been used? ▼
Ahjah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1992, spanning 33 years of data through 2024.
What names are similar to Ahjah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ahjanae, Ahja, Ahjanay, Ahjahnae. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Ahjah's data
- Ahjah's decade-level peak was the 1990s (25 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1992–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Ahjah: #16015 Girls' Name - 54 Births, Peak 1996." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/ahjah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Ahjah 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 June 2026.