Girls' name · since 1996
Kaijah
Kaijah has 145 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,707 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaijah currently ranks #15707 among girls' names in America, with 145 babies recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Kaijah recorded 145 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #15707 nationally today, ahead of 9% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #23,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,707 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 145 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaijah ranks #23,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,707 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 145 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,707 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 145
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kaijah's 145 recorded births place it above 67.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaijah compares
145 31st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Kaijah's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaijah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 145 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kaijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaijah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 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 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2003 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Kaijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (89 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Kaijah's strongest decade.
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Kaijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s 24
2010s
24 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 89 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Kaijah's data
- Kaijah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (89 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Kaijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Kaijah 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.