Girls' name · since 1994
Mijah
41 babies named Mijah in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #37,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mijah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 41 recorded since 1994.
Social Security Administration records show Mijah recorded 41 times among girls since 1994, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1994 to 2006.
- #37,326 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 41 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mijah ranks #37,326 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #37,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 41
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Mijah's 41 recorded births place it above 48.26% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mijah's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2006
- Peak year (2004)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Mijah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (31 births, 76% of the file).
2000s was Mijah's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Mijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 31 births (76% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Mijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~12 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, 1994–2006 (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 Mijah 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.