Jihaad — boys' name

What the Data Says About Jihaad

The Social Security Administration has registered 74 babies named Jihaad between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jihaad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jihaad performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Jihaad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Jihaad in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jihaad 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 74 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.