Alhaji
#11,277 most common boys' name of all time · #28,777 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1979–2025
Rank among boys
#11,277
Rank overall
#28,777 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
217
Since 2016
39
Peak year
2001 #4,226
Best rank
#4,226 2001
Girls
Boys
peak 19/yr
Alhaji first appears in 1979. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,038 |
| 2023 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,196 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,890 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,072 |
| 2018 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,999 |
| 2017 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,239 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,048 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,624 |
| 2013 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,654 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,277 |
| 2010 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,120 |
| 2009 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,245 |
| 2008 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,234 |
| 2007 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,306 |
| 2005 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,410 |
| 2004 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,324 |
| 2003 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,972 |
| 2002 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,762 |
| 2001 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,226 |
| 1999 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,485 |
| 1998 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,273 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,636 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,401 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,276 |
| 1991 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,797 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,700 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,021 |
| 1979 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,816 |