Aja — #2604 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Aja

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,269 babies named Aja between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aja currently holds the #2604 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 491 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Aja performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 2,161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Aja shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,024 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aja in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Aja in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,269 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.