Girls' name · since 2000
Enijah
Enijah has 170 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Enijah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 170 recorded since 2000.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enijah has been recorded 170 times among girls since 2000, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2017.
- #21,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 170 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Enijah ranks #21,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 170 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 170
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Enijah's 170 recorded births place it above 70.25% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Enijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Enijah's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Enijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2017
- Peak year (2008)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Enijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (117 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Enijah's strongest decade.
117 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Enijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
117 births
- 2010s
2010s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 117 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Enijah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (117 total births) through the 2010s (53) -- 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 Enijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~17 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, 2000–2017 (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 Enijah 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.