How Many People Are Named Jihad?
people named Jihad are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 170,636 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,063 babies named Jihad in Social Security records from 1969 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
96 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Jihad (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Jihad alive today is about 25 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 17 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Jihad first appears in the records in 1969 and was given most often in 2000, to 96 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1969 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Jihad has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,244, in 1994. In 2025 it ranked #4,611.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,611 |
| Best rank | #1,244 (1994) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,462 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Jihad alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Jihad were born in New Jersey than in any other state: about 331 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Jihad was given 13.4 times as often in New Jersey, 6.2 times in Pennsylvania and 2.4 times in New York.
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