Ajit — #6542 US boys' name
337 babies named Ajit in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Ajit was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Ajit in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ajit
The Social Security Administration has registered 337 babies named Ajit between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ajit currently holds the #6542 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ajit performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ajit shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 37 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ajit in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ajit 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 337 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.
Ajit at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ajit popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2023)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6542 among boys.
337 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 20 births in a single year.
Ajit by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 69 births that decade — 20% of Ajit's all-time total
Ajit decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 67 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ajit's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Ajit by state
Where Ajit concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 11.0% |
37 of 337 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 11.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1973–2024 (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.