Aj
Last seen for girls in 2020 at #8,406 · #1,932 for boys in 2025, 80 births
Given to boys 98.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1985 · 42 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,456since 1961
Aj over time
Rank among boys' names. Aj has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,932 | 80 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,345 | 60 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,188 | 65 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,981 | 77 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,915 | 79 | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #1,895 | 78 |
| 2019 | — | #2,170 | 65 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,901 | 78 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,871 | 78 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #1,863 | 80 |
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | #1,983 | 73 |
| 2014 | — | #1,781 | 84 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,278 | 56 | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | #1,742 | 86 |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #1,866 | 75 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,187 | 60 |
| 2009 | — | #2,143 | 63 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,838 | 79 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,034 | 68 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,943 | 69 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,922 | 66 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,989 | 60 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,006 | 57 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,125 | 50 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,277 | 44 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,199 | 42 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,017 | 26 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,311 | 36 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,380 | 33 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,219 | 36 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,295 | 33 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,253 | 33 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,245 | 30 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,849 | 36 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,684 | 40 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,565 | 42 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,544 | 42 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,933 | 28 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #4,403 | 8 | |
| 1978 | — | #5,059 | 6 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,428 | 10 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
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| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #2,576 | 11 | |
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| 1964 | — | #2,665 | 10 | |
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| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Aj! It came in at #4,065, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1961–1963, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Aj is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#1,632 · 1 in 22,630
- Florida#1,684 · 1 in 19,670
- Texas#2,122 · 1 in 31,347
Best ever in a state: #180 in Hawaii, 2009.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #1,632 | 10 | 1 in 22,630 |
| Florida | #1,684 | 5 | 1 in 19,670 |
| Texas | #2,122 | 6 | 1 in 31,347 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Aj
- 413 spots since 2024 (#2,345 → #1,932)
- 37 spots since 2020 (#1,895 → #1,932)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#1,983 → #1,932)
- Debuted 1961
- Peaked 1985 at #1,544 (42 births)
- Births halved by 1990, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,351 boys born in 2025 were named Aj (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,544 in 1985, was only 1 in 44,005 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 29.9% of all boys named Aj (735) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32 | #2,576 (1968) | #3,310 |
| 1970s | 67 | #2,946 (1976) | #4,022 |
| 1980s | 274 | #1,544 (1985) | #2,448 |
| 1990s | 309 | #2,199 (1999) | #2,523 |
| 2000s | 600 | #1,838 (2008) | #2,050 |
| 2010s | 735 | #1,742 (2012) | #1,964 |
| 2020s | 439 | #1,895 (2020) | #2,043 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aj in 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 255,014 of them was named Aj, which outranked 32.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #11,835Zyanne8
- #11,835Zykira8
- #11,835Zyonnah8
- #13,006Aj7
- #13,006Aabha7
- #13,006Aadvika7
- #13,006Aaila7
- #14,482Aafia6
- #14,482Aailyah6
- #14,482Aala6
Tied with 1,475 names at #13,006; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 26,257 of them was named Aj, which outranked 85.9% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,955Xavion74
- #1,955Yehoshua74
- #1,955Zymir74
- #1,983Aj73
- #1,983Avian73
- #1,983Dyson73
- #1,983Elyjah73
- #2,001Ashwin72
- #2,001Coleton72
- #2,001Dempsey72
Tied with 17 names at #1,983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.