Girls' name · since 1992
Hadja
Hadja has 186 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,552 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,365 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hadja is the #12365 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 186 recorded since 1992.
Hadja has 186 recorded births among girls since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12365 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of girls, 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 1992 to 2025.
- #20,552 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,365 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 186 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hadja ranks #20,552 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,365 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 186 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #20,552 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,365 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 186
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hadja's 186 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Hadja compares
186 35th percentile among 17,297 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
Hadja's all-time total is 51% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hadja | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 186 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Hadja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hadja's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hadja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Hadja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (72 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Hadja's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Hadja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
57 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 72 births (39% of all-time use).
Hadja by state
Where Hadja concentrates geographically, total births since 1992
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 18.8% |
35 of 186 births nationwide.
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What to do with Hadja's data
- Hadja's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2020s (52) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Hadjas (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
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 Hadja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Hadja 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.