Boys' name · since 1996

Ohaji

Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 51 babies named Ohaji, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#22,077 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,196 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
51
born since 1996
2020s
peak decade

Ohaji currently ranks #11196 among boys' names in America, with 51 babies recorded since 1996.

Ohaji has 51 recorded births among boys since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11196 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.

  • #22,077 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #11,196 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 51 born since 1996
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohaji ranks #22,077 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,196 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 51 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.

#22,077 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#11,196 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
51
born since 1996
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19.6%
Ohaji vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ohaji's 51 recorded births place it above 51.36% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ohaji compares

51 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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

Ohaji's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ohaji Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 51 369 358,536
Peak-year births 10 34 22,252

Ohaji's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ohaji's full recorded timeline at 2021, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2020, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ohaji popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2021)
10
Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
567891011 1996201920202021202220232025 6

Ohaji by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 73% of the file).

2020s was Ohaji's strongest decade.

37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 73% of all-time use.

Ohaji births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (73% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ohaji?
Ohaji has been given to 51 babies in the U.S. since 1996, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #22,077 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #11,196 of 13,930. 10 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
Where does Ohaji sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ohaji ranks #22,077 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,196 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ohaji most popular?
Ohaji was most popular in the 2020s decade with 37 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Ohaji been used?
The SSA has tracked Ohaji since 1996 -- 30 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Ohaji?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ohad, Ohagi, Ohara, Ohajee, and 2 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ohaji: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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 Ohaji 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.