Jihad
Recorded 1969–2025 · United States
Jihad was most popular in 2000, when 96 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,093 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,063 people named Jihad.
Jihad over time
How old is the name Jihad?
Jihad first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1969, which makes it about 56 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 57 years since.
How many people are named Jihad?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,063 American births named Jihad between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,003 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Jihad in 2025?
22 American babies were named Jihad in 2025, ranking #9,648 that year.
Is Jihad getting more or less popular?
Jihad is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 22 births a year, against 32 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -33% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Jihad a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Jihad is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 2,063 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Jihad?
Roughly 2,003 Americans named Jihad are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 27 years old, and half are between 19 and 34.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Jihad is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org