Haja — #15902 US girls' name
208 babies named Haja in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 10% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Haja was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Haja in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Haja
The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Haja between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Haja currently holds the #15902 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Haja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 86 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Haja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Haja in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Haja 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 208 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.
Haja at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Haja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2004)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #15902 among girls.
208 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 13 births in a single year.
Haja by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 86 births that decade — 41% of Haja's all-time total
Haja decade highlights
- Peak decade 86 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Haja's strongest decade
86 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Haja by state
Where Haja concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 208 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2024 (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.