Recorded 1998–2020 Girls' name Peak 2002 228 births

Ajayla — girls' name

228 babies named Ajayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s142000s1332010s762020s5
2000s
Peak decade

58% of everyone ever named Ajayla was born in this single decade.

2002
Single peak year

17 babies were named Ajayla in 2002 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ajayla

The Social Security Administration has registered 228 babies named Ajayla between 1998 and 2020, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ajayla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ajayla performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 133 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ajayla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ajayla in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ajayla 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 228 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.

Ajayla at a glance

Last recorded 2020

Total births

228

Since 1998

23 years of records

Peak year

2002

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2020

Active since

1998

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2020

Ajayla popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1998

Last recorded 2020
Peak year (2002)
17
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
05101520 20202015201220092006200320001998 5

Ajayla by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
133 births that decade — 58% of Ajayla's all-time total
1990s142000s1332010s762020s5

Ajayla by state

Where Ajayla concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ajayla
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Georgia
10 4.4%
Georgia share of Ajayla's total US births 4.4%

10 of 228 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ajayla?
228 babies have been named Ajayla since 1998. It was last recorded in 2020. The peak year was 2002 with 17 births.
When was Ajayla most popular?
Ajayla was most popular in the 2000s decade with 133 total births. The single peak year was 2002.
Where is Ajayla most popular?
The top states for the name Ajayla are Georgia (10 births).
How long has the name Ajayla been used?
Ajayla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 23 years of data through 2020.
What names are similar to Ajayla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aja, Ajah, Ajanae, Ajani, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1998–2020 (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.