Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Aj

#2,741 most common boys' name of all time · #6,603 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1961–2025

Rank among boys
#2,741
Rank overall
#6,603 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
2,499
Since 2016
759
Peak year
2012 #1,746
Best rank
#1,565 1985
Girls Boys peak 92/yr
198020002020

Aj first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 80 80 #1,937
2024 — 60 60 #2,349
2023 — 65 65 #2,203
2022 — 77 77 #1,987
2021 — 79 79 #1,922
2020 12 78 90 #1,901
2019 — 65 65 #2,176
2018 — 78 78 #1,911
2017 — 78 78 #1,877
2016 7 80 87 #1,868
2015 7 73 80 #1,992
2014 — 84 84 #1,788
2013 — 56 56 #2,289
2012 6 86 92 #1,746
2011 6 75 81 #1,876
2010 5 60 65 #2,197
2009 — 63 63 #2,150
2008 — 79 79 #1,849
2007 — 68 68 #2,040
2006 — 69 69 #1,953
2005 — 66 66 #1,930
2004 — 60 60 #2,005
2003 — 57 57 #2,021
2002 — 50 50 #2,140
2001 — 44 44 #2,289
2000 — 44 44 #2,243
1999 — 42 42 #2,213
1998 — 26 26 #3,047
1997 — 36 36 #2,332
1996 — 33 33 #2,407
1995 — 25 25 #2,887
1994 — 36 36 #2,239
1993 — 33 33 #2,321
1992 — 33 33 #2,277
1991 — 24 24 #2,794
1990 — 21 21 #3,009
1989 — 30 30 #2,276
1988 — 36 36 #1,872
1987 — 40 40 #1,700
1986 — 42 42 #1,581
1985 — 42 42 #1,565
1984 — 28 28 #1,964
1983 — 25 25 #2,120
1982 — 12 12 #3,604
1981 — 11 11 #3,752
1980 — 8 8 #4,716
1979 — 8 8 #4,639
1978 — 6 6 #5,413
1977 — 11 11 #3,541
1976 — 13 13 #3,043
1975 — 10 10 #3,587
1973 — 5 5 #5,523
1972 — 8 8 #3,853
1970 — 6 6 #4,567
1969 — 6 6 #4,302
1968 — 11 11 #2,724
1964 — 10 10 #2,850
1961 — 5 5 #4,584