Girls' name · since 1979
Aija
388 babies named Aija in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 388
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aija is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 388 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Aija recorded 388 times among girls since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2022.
- #13,755 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 388 born since 1979
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aija ranks #13,755 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 388 born since 1979, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,755 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 388
- born since 1979
- 2000s
- peak decade
Aija's 388 recorded births place it above 80.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aija's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aija splits its recorded history at 2003: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aija popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2022
- Peak year (2003)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Aija by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (178 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Aija's strongest decade.
178 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Aija births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 13
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
118 births
- 2000s
2000s
178 births
- 2010s 66
2010s
66 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 178 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Aija's decade-level peak was the 2000s (178 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aija: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
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, 1979–2022 (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 Aija 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.