Aja

Where Aja comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Aja.

  • Vowel-ended
Aja through the years
  1. 1968
    First appearance
    #5,642 among girls with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1977
    Around this time: Aja by Steely Dan
    Album, 1977 · Source
  3. 1978
    Peak, #412
    491 babies named Aja, the most in any year.
  4. 1980
    Aja Volkman born
    American singer
  5. 1984
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #867.
  6. 1988
    Aja Evans born
    American bobsledder
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Aja Evans · American bobsledder, born 1988
  • Aja Volkman · American singer, born 1980
  • Aja Brown · American mayor, born 1982
  • Aja Monet · American poet, musician and writer, born 1987
  • Aja Kim · American singer-songwriter, born 1950

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.