Ajamu
Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
- Peak · boys
- 1974 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 116since 1972
Ajamu over time
Rank among boys' names. Ajamu has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
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| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
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| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,385 | 5 |
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| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ajamu! It came in at #4,986, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1982, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ajamu is popular in 1976
No state had 5 or more boys named Ajamu in 1976, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Ajamu
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Debuted 1972
- Peaked 1974 at #2,674 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 112,310 boys born in 1974 were named Ajamu (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
- 54.3% of all boys named Ajamu (63) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 63 | #2,674 (1974) | #4,275 |
| 1980s | 19 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,455 |
| 1990s | 29 | #6,519 (1991) | #8,012 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,556 |
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.
Ajamu in 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
boys
1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 174,334 of them was named Ajamu, which outranked 42.7% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,471Yasir10
- #3,471Yehoshua10
- #3,471Zvi10
- #3,724Ajamu9
- #3,724Abdula9
- #3,724Airrion9
- #3,724Ajani9
- #4,012Aasim8
- #4,012Abrahan8
- #4,012Acie8
Tied with 287 names at #3,724; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.