Girls' name · since 1998
Aajah
29 babies named Aajah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #41,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aajah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 29 have been recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aajah has been recorded 29 times among girls since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2009.
- #41,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aajah ranks #41,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #41,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aajah's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aajah's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2006 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2009
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Aajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 79% of the file).
2000s was Aajah's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Aajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (79% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aajah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.