Aja
#1,819 most common girls' name of all time · #3,118 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1968–2025
Rank among girls
#1,819
Rank overall
#3,118 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
52 of 146
All-time
8,404
Since 2016
700
Peak year
1978 #412
Best rank
#412 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 510/yr
Aja first appears in 1968. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,484 |
| 2024 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,614 |
| 2023 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,909 |
| 2022 | 61 | — | 61 | #2,802 |
| 2021 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,829 |
| 2020 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,043 |
| 2019 | 67 | — | 67 | #2,608 |
| 2018 | 82 | — | 82 | #2,244 |
| 2017 | 99 | 6 | 105 | #1,998 |
| 2016 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,682 |
| 2015 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,245 |
| 2014 | 86 | — | 86 | #2,206 |
| 2013 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,314 |
| 2012 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,965 |
| 2011 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,475 |
| 2010 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,590 |
| 2009 | 133 | — | 133 | #1,682 |
| 2008 | 144 | — | 144 | #1,585 |
| 2007 | 159 | 6 | 165 | #1,471 |
| 2006 | 152 | — | 152 | #1,467 |
| 2005 | 158 | 8 | 166 | #1,371 |
| 2004 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,167 |
| 2003 | 209 | — | 209 | #1,069 |
| 2002 | 226 | — | 226 | #979 |
| 2001 | 203 | 6 | 209 | #1,055 |
| 2000 | 228 | — | 228 | #939 |
| 1999 | 194 | — | 194 | #1,050 |
| 1998 | 192 | 6 | 198 | #1,034 |
| 1997 | 206 | — | 206 | #959 |
| 1996 | 246 | — | 246 | #822 |
| 1995 | 232 | — | 232 | #844 |
| 1994 | 216 | — | 216 | #891 |
| 1993 | 207 | — | 207 | #923 |
| 1992 | 200 | — | 200 | #962 |
| 1991 | 230 | — | 230 | #871 |
| 1990 | 202 | — | 202 | #941 |
| 1989 | 200 | 5 | 205 | #912 |
| 1988 | 203 | — | 203 | #871 |
| 1987 | 158 | 6 | 164 | #995 |
| 1986 | 181 | — | 181 | #902 |
| 1985 | 160 | 7 | 167 | #968 |
| 1984 | 175 | 6 | 181 | #873 |
| 1983 | 249 | — | 249 | #682 |
| 1982 | 263 | — | 263 | #674 |
| 1981 | 261 | 6 | 267 | #670 |
| 1980 | 311 | 9 | 320 | #598 |
| 1979 | 362 | — | 362 | #528 |
| 1978 | 491 | 19 | 510 | #412 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,864 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,079 |
| 1969 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,910 |
| 1968 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,182 |