Girls' name · since 2001
Ajala
Ajala has 22 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #44,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
22 girls have been named Ajala since 2001, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ajala has 22 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2007.
- #44,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 22 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajala ranks #44,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #44,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 22
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajala's 22 recorded births place it above 37.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ajala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ajala's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2002 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ajala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2007
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Ajala by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (22 births, 100% of the file).
2000s was Ajala's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ajala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 22 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ajala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2001–2007 (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 Ajala 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.