Boys' name · since 2012
Olijah
Olijah has 35 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
35 boys have been named Olijah since 2012, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olijah has been recorded 35 times among boys since 2012, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2024.
- #24,779 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Olijah ranks #24,779 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,779 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Olijah's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Olijah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Olijah's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Olijah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2024
- Peak year (2019)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Olijah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (24 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Olijah's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Olijah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
24 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 24 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Olijah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (24 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Olijah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
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, 2012–2024 (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 Olijah 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.