Ajwa — #9399 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ajwa

The Social Security Administration has registered 147 babies named Ajwa between 2009 and 2024, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ajwa currently holds the #9399 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ajwa performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ajwa shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ajwa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ajwa 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 147 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.