Ajah — #9717 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ajah

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,467 babies named Ajah between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ajah currently holds the #9717 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 97 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ajah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 608 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ajah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ajah in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ajah 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 1,467 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.