Ajay

Where Ajay comes from

Transliteration of Hindi अजय (ajay), etc.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ajay
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1964
    First appearance
    #4,039 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2003
    Peak, #1,007
    157 babies named Ajay — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2019
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,917.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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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.