Jihad — #4599 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Jihad

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,035 babies named Jihad between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Jihad currently holds the #4599 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 96 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jihad performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 680 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Jihad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 344 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Jihad in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jihad 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 2,035 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.