Boys' name · since 2008
Wahaj
Wahaj has 59 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,052 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wahaj currently ranks #5364 among boys' names in America, with 59 babies recorded since 2008.
Wahaj has 59 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5364 as of the latest data, more common than 61% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #21,052 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,364 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 59 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Wahaj ranks #21,052 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,364 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 59 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,052 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,364 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 59
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Wahaj's 59 recorded births place it above 53.7% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Wahaj compares
59 19th 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
Wahaj's all-time total is 84% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Wahaj | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 59 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Wahaj's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Wahaj splits its recorded history at 2021: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Wahaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Wahaj by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (42 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Wahaj's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Wahaj births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 42 births (71% of all-time use).
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Wahaj 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.