Ohaji
Ohaji/Egbema is an oil-rich Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. It is headquartered in Mmahu-Egbema. Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area as presently constituted was created by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's administration in the August 27, 1991 presidential proclamation, created out of the former Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta L.G.A.
Meaning & Origin of Ohaji
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ohaji/Egbema is an oil-rich Local Government Area of Imo State, Nigeria. It is headquartered in Mmahu-Egbema. Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area as presently constituted was created by Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's administration in the August 27, 1991 presidential proclamation, created out of the former Ohaji/Egbema/Oguta L.G.A.
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The Story of Ohaji
The earliest SSA record of Ohaji as a baby boy name dates back to 1996, when 7 babies received it. 2021 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Ohaji — #7,583 in the national rankings. About 69% of every Ohaji on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Ohaji last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 45 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ohaji
Ohaji is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 45 births in the dataset. Ohaji's peak popularity came in 2021 when it ranked #7,583. Use the chart and map above to compare Ohaji's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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