Boys' name · since 2004
Jalijah
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 41 babies named Jalijah, peaking in 2004. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalijah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 41 have been recorded since 2004.
Jalijah has 41 recorded births among boys since 2004, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 2004 to 2022.
- #23,532 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jalijah ranks #23,532 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jalijah's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jalijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jalijah's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jalijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2022
- Peak year (2004)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Jalijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (24 births, 59% of the file).
2000s was Jalijah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Jalijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s 7
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 24 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Jalijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (24 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jalijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2004–2022 (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 Jalijah 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.