Recorded 1999–2018 Girls' name Peak 2002 119 births

Alejah — girls' name

119 babies named Alejah 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.

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The verdict

119 girls have been named Alejah since 1999, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2018.

119
total births
1999–2018
years on record
2000s
peak decade
67%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

67% of everyone ever named Alejah was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

13 babies were named Alejah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alejah

The Social Security Administration has registered 119 babies named Alejah between 1999 and 2018, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alejah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alejah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alejah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alejah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alejah 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 119 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.

Alejah at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

119

Since 1999

20 years of records

Peak year

2002

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1999

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2018

Alejah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1999

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2002)
13
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
468101214 201820132011200920072005200220001999 6

Alejah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
80 births that decade — 67% of Alejah's all-time total
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Alejah by state

Where Alejah concentrates geographically — total births since 1999

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Alejah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 4.2%
California share of Alejah's total US births 4.2%

5 of 119 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alejah?
119 babies have been named Alejah since 1999. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2002 with 13 births.
When was Alejah most popular?
Alejah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Alejah most popular?
The top states for the name Alejah are California (5 births).
How long has the name Alejah been used?
Alejah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1999, spanning 20 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Alejah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alexis, Alexandra, Alexa, Alexandria, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1999–2018 (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.