Aja
#3,459 for girls in 2025, 44 births · Last seen for boys in 2017 at #10,775
Given to girls 98.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 491 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,314since 1968
Aja over time
Rank among girls' names. Aja has never cracked the top 400 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 | #3,459 | 44 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,607 | 67 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,891 | 58 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,792 | 61 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,818 | 60 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,034 | 91 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,593 | 67 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,238 | 82 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,989 | 99 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #2,667 | 65 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,236 | 84 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,194 | 86 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,305 | 80 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,955 | 100 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,469 | 152 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,590 | 137 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,676 | 133 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,583 | 144 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,468 | 159 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #1,462 | 152 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,367 | 158 | #8,299 | 8 |
| 2004 | #1,167 | 194 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,067 | 209 | — | |
| 2002 | #977 | 226 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,054 | 203 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #939 | 228 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,047 | 194 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,033 | 192 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #956 | 206 | — | |
| 1996 | #822 | 246 | — | |
| 1995 | #842 | 232 | — | |
| 1994 | #888 | 216 | — | |
| 1993 | #920 | 207 | — | |
| 1992 | #961 | 200 | — | |
| 1991 | #868 | 230 | — | |
| 1990 | #939 | 202 | — | |
| 1989 | #908 | 200 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #868 | 203 | — | |
| 1987 | #993 | 158 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #900 | 181 | — | |
| 1985 | #963 | 160 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #867 | 175 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #681 | 249 | — | |
| 1982 | #674 | 263 | — | |
| 1981 | #668 | 261 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #597 | 311 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #526 | 362 | — | |
| 1978 | #412 | 491 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | — | |
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| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Aja! It came in at #5,642, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Aja is popular in 2005
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#846 · 1 in 4,953
- Florida#865 · 1 in 5,714
- Missouri#900 · 1 in 5,802
- Pennsylvania#916 · 1 in 6,857
- Virginia#956 · 1 in 6,184
Best ever in a state: #139 in Delaware, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #846 | 5 | 1 in 4,953 |
| Florida | #865 | 15 | 1 in 5,714 |
| Missouri | #900 | 5 | 1 in 5,802 |
| Pennsylvania | #916 | 8 | 1 in 6,857 |
| Virginia | #956 | 6 | 1 in 6,184 |
| North Carolina | #1,022 | 7 | 1 in 6,485 |
| Georgia | #1,137 | 7 | 1 in 7,342 |
| Michigan | #1,246 | 5 | 1 in 9,471 |
| New York | #1,283 | 10 | 1 in 9,508 |
| Ohio | #1,361 | 5 | 1 in 11,456 |
| Texas | #1,837 | 10 | 1 in 16,060 |
| California | #1,919 | 12 | 1 in 19,202 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 Aja
- 852 spots since 2024 (#2,607 → #3,459)
- 1,425 spots since 2020 (#2,034 → #3,459)
- 1,223 spots since 2015 (#2,236 → #3,459)
- Biggest jump: 4,240 spots in 1978 (#4,652 → #412)
- Biggest drop: 186 spots in 1984 (#681 → #867)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1978 at #412 (491 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1978–1997
- Highest: 1 in 3,120 girls born in 1978 were named Aja (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,529 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.0% of all girls named Aja (2,161) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #5,456 (1969) | #5,549 |
| 1970s | 874 | #412 (1978) | #3,037 |
| 1980s | 2,161 | #597 (1980) | #812 |
| 1990s | 2,125 | #822 (1996) | #928 |
| 2000s | 1,806 | #939 (2000) | #1,276 |
| 2010s | 952 | #1,469 (2011) | #2,124 |
| 2020s | 381 | #2,034 (2020) | #2,767 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Aja in 2005
Top girls' names in 2005
Top boys' names in 2005
More about 2005
girls
1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 11,695 of them was named Aja, which outranked 92.9% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,362Mercy159
- #1,362Rylan159
- #1,362Viridiana159
- #1,367Aja158
- #1,367Abbygail158
- #1,367Dalila158
- #1,367Demi158
- #1,374Cinthia157
- #1,374Corina157
- #1,374Rilee157
Tied with 6 names at #1,367; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 249,663 of them was named Aja, which outranked 37.9% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #7,640Zorian9
- #7,640Zuhair9
- #7,640Zyquarius9
- #8,299Aja8
- #8,299Abass8
- #8,299Abdulai8
- #8,299Abukar8
- #9,115Aasim7
- #9,115Abdimalik7
- #9,115Abdinasir7
Tied with 815 names at #8,299; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.