Recorded 1988–2016 Girls' name Peak 1997 42 births

Auja — girls' name

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.

1980s51990s152000s162010s6
2000s
Peak decade

38% of everyone ever named Auja was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

10 babies were named Auja in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Auja

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Auja between 1988 and 2016, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Auja currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Auja performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Auja shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Auja 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 42 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.

Auja at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

42

Since 1988

29 years of records

Peak year

1997

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1988

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2016

Auja popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1988

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1997)
10
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
4681012 2016200420032000199819971988 5

Auja by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
16 births that decade — 38% of Auja's all-time total
1980s51990s152000s162010s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Auja?
42 babies have been named Auja since 1988. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1997 with 10 births.
When was Auja most popular?
Auja was most popular in the 2000s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Auja been used?
Auja has been recorded in Social Security data since 1988, spanning 29 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Auja?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aujanae, Aujane, Aujah, Aujanai. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1988–2016 (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.