Boys' name · since 1999
Ejay
172 babies named Ejay in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,155 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
172 babies have been named Ejay since 1999, making it today's #10155 boys' name.
Ejay has 172 recorded births among boys since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10155 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #13,871 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,155 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 172 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ejay ranks #13,871 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,155 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 172 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,871 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,155 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 172
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ejay's 172 recorded births place it above 69.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ejay compares
172 35th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ejay's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ejay | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 172 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ejay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ejay's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ejay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ejay by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (78 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Ejay's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Ejay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
55 births
- 2010s
2010s
78 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 78 births (45% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ejay's data
- Ejay's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (78 total births) through the 2020s (34) -- 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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Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Ejay 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.