Jihad is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2000 and has grown less common since.
Jihad is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,612 for boy births in the United States (and #9,782 across all names), given to 22 babies. Jihad first appears in 1969 and peaked in 2000 (96 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,612 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,630 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,840 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,618 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,172 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,780 |
| 2019 | 25 | 25 | — | #4,172 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,049 |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,717 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,030 |
| 2015 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,822 |
| 2014 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,732 |
| 2013 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,155 |
| 2012 | 35 | 35 | — | #3,201 |
| 2011 | 36 | 36 | — | #3,135 |
| 2010 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,490 |
| 2009 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,783 |
| 2008 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,977 |
| 2007 | 39 | 39 | — | #2,999 |
| 2006 | 49 | 49 | — | #2,493 |
| 2005 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,733 |
| 2004 | 41 | 41 | — | #2,618 |
| 2003 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,165 |
| 2002 | 65 | 65 | — | #1,777 |
| 2001 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,375 |
| 2000 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,337 |
| 1999 | 76 | 76 | — | #1,497 |
| 1998 | 64 | 64 | — | #1,632 |
| 1997 | 67 | — | — | #1,544 |
| 1996 | 73 | — | — | #1,430 |
| 1995 | 73 | — | — | #1,385 |
| 1994 | 87 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1993 | 76 | — | #14,446 | #1,367 |
| 1992 | 66 | — | — | #1,406 |
| 1991 | 63 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1990 | 40 | — | — | #1,918 |
| 1989 | 43 | — | — | #1,777 |
| 1988 | 36 | — | — | #1,864 |
| 1987 | 35 | — | — | #1,846 |
| 1986 | 28 | — | — | #2,075 |
| 1985 | 28 | — | — | #2,041 |
| 1984 | 23 | — | — | #2,261 |
| 1983 | 28 | — | — | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 40 | — | — | #1,550 |
| 1981 | 25 | — | — | #2,115 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | — | #2,889 |
| 1979 | 27 | — | — | #1,969 |
| 1978 | 27 | — | — | #1,896 |
| 1977 | 9 | — | — | #3,995 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | — | #4,651 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | — | #4,377 |
| 1973 | 7 | — | — | #4,280 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | — | #4,158 |
| 1969 | 6 | — | — | #4,158 |