Girls' name · since 1995
Ajanay
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 136 babies named Ajanay, peaking in 2001. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,759 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Ajanay since 1995, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ajanay has 136 recorded births among girls since 1995, 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 1995 to 2012.
- #23,759 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajanay ranks #23,759 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #23,759 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajanay's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ajanay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ajanay's SSA record in two at 2003 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ajanay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2012
- Peak year (2001)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ajanay by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (94 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Ajanay's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Ajanay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 32
1990s
32 births
- 2000s
2000s
94 births
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 94 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Ajanay's decade-level peak was the 2000s (94 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2010s -- 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 Ajanay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1995–2012 (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 Ajanay 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.