Masculine dossier · first seen 1969

Jihad

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Jihad
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2000

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Z

1969Peak 20002024

Peak year

2000

Decline from peak

77.1%

2024

All-time

2,035

Jihad has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2000, when 96 boys were named Jihad.

In 2024, only 22 boys were given the name.

Down 77.1% from its peak.

All told, about 2,035 Americans have been named Jihad and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1969.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGen Z

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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