Girls' name · since 1998
Ajaya
Ajaya has 155 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 155 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Ajaya recorded 155 times among girls since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2021.
- #22,393 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajaya ranks #22,393 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,393 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajaya's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ajaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ajaya splits its recorded history at 2007: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ajaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2021
- Peak year (2007)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ajaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (98 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Ajaya's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Ajaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 98 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Ajaya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- 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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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, 1998–2021 (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 Ajaya 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.