Boys' name · since 2001

Ajeet

136 babies named Ajeet in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#15,393 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,771 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
136
born since 2001
2020s
peak decade

136 babies have been named Ajeet since 2001, making it today's #5771 boys' name.

Ajeet has 136 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5771 as of the latest data, more common than 59% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #15,393 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #5,771 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 136 born since 2001
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajeet ranks #15,393 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,771 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 136 born since 2001, peaking in the 2020s.

#15,393 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#5,771 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
136
born since 2001
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%58.5%
Ajeet vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ajeet's 136 recorded births place it above 66.04% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Ajeet compares

136 31st percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ajeet's all-time total is 63% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ajeet Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 136 369 358,536
Peak-year births 16 34 22,252

Ajeet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Ajeet's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Ajeet popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
16
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
05101520 2001200820152018202120242025 16

Ajeet by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (63 births, 46% of the file).

2020s was Ajeet's strongest decade.

63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Ajeet births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 63 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Ajeet by state

Where Ajeet concentrates geographically, total births since 2001

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ajeet
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
32 23.5%
California share of Ajeet's total US births 23.5%

32 of 136 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ajeet?
136 babies have been named Ajeet since 2001. All-time, it sits at #15,393 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #5,771 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2025 with 16 births.
Where does Ajeet sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajeet ranks #15,393 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,771 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ajeet most popular?
Ajeet was most popular in the 2020s decade with 63 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
Where is Ajeet most popular?
The top states for the name Ajeet are California (32 births).
How long has the name Ajeet been used?
Ajeet has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 25 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ajeet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ajene, Ajee. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

What to do with Ajeet's data

  • California records the most Ajeets (32 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ajeet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2025 (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 Ajeet 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.