Boys' name · since 1983
Jahad
Jahad has 425 recorded births since 1983 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,456 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Jahad is the #8456 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 425 recorded since 1983.
Jahad has 425 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8456 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of boys, 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 1983 to 2025.
- #8,703 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,456 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 425 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jahad ranks #8,703 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,456 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 425 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,703 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,456 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 425
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Jahad's 425 recorded births place it above 80.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
How Jahad compares
425 Top 48% higher than 52% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Jahad's all-time total is 15% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Jahad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 425 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Jahad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Jahad's full recorded timeline at 2002, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Jahad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Jahad by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (160 births, 38% of the file).
1990s was Jahad's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jahad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 38
1980s
38 births
- 1990s
1990s
160 births
- 2000s
2000s
150 births
- 2010s 50
2010s
50 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 160 births (38% of all-time use).
Jahad by state
Where Jahad concentrates geographically, total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 89 | 20.9% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 1.4% |
89 of 425 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Jahad's data
- Jahad's decade-level peak was the 1990s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Jahads (89 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey 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 Jahad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1983–2025 (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 Jahad 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.