Girls' name · since 1988
Auja
42 babies named Auja in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Auja is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Auja recorded 42 times among girls since 1988, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2016.
- #36,893 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 42 born since 1988
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Auja ranks #36,893 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 42 born since 1988, peaking in the 2000s.
- #36,893 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 42
- born since 1988
- 2000s
- peak decade
Auja's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Auja's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Auja's SSA record in two at 2000 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1988, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1997 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Auja popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2016
- Peak year (1997)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Auja by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (16 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Auja's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Auja births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 16 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Auja's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2010s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Auja: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1988–2016 (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 Auja 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.