Ajai — #7362 US boys' name
267 babies named Ajai in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 48% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Ajai was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Ajai in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ajai
The Social Security Administration has registered 267 babies named Ajai between 1980 and 2024, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ajai currently holds the #7362 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 15 babies received it in a single year. Ajai is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 182 additional births since 1991.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ajai performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ajai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ajai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ajai 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 267 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.
Ajai at a glance
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Current rank
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Ajai popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1980
- Peak year (2020)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
Currently ranks #7362 among boys.
267 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 15 births in a single year.
Ajai popularity over time — girls
182 total births recorded since 1991 (Ajai as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ajai accounts for 41% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ajai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 82 births that decade — 31% of Ajai's all-time total
Ajai decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ajai's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Ajai by state
Where Ajai concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 2.2% |
6 of 267 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 2.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 2.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1980–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.