Boys' name · since 1998
Ajith
46 babies named Ajith 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.
- #22,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajith is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 46 have been recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajith has been recorded 46 times among boys since 1998, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2021.
- #22,687 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 46 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ajith ranks #22,687 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,687 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 46
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ajith's 46 recorded births place it above 49.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ajith's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ajith's full recorded timeline at 2002, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ajith popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2021
- Peak year (2002)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ajith by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Ajith's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ajith births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
14 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ajith's data
- Ajith's decade-level peak was the 2000s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ajith: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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 Ajith 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.