Ajah
#5,433 most common girls' name of all time · #9,208 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1978–2025
Rank among girls
#5,433
Rank overall
#9,208 of 105,966
First appeared
1978
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,481
Since 2016
189
Peak year
1999 #1,702
Best rank
#1,702 1999
Girls
Boys
peak 97/yr
Ajah first appears in 1978. 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 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,040 |
| 2024 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,766 |
| 2023 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,796 |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,770 |
| 2021 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,375 |
| 2020 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,217 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,964 |
| 2018 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,355 |
| 2017 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,977 |
| 2016 | 26 | — | 26 | #5,203 |
| 2015 | 33 | — | 33 | #4,342 |
| 2014 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,703 |
| 2013 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,703 |
| 2012 | 27 | — | 27 | #5,177 |
| 2011 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,756 |
| 2010 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,339 |
| 2009 | 49 | — | 49 | #3,380 |
| 2008 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,451 |
| 2007 | 48 | — | 48 | #3,462 |
| 2006 | 62 | — | 62 | #2,834 |
| 2005 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,889 |
| 2004 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,341 |
| 2003 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,488 |
| 2002 | 57 | — | 57 | #2,697 |
| 2001 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,281 |
| 2000 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 97 | — | 97 | #1,702 |
| 1998 | 73 | — | 73 | #2,041 |
| 1997 | 48 | — | 48 | #2,653 |
| 1996 | 49 | — | 49 | #2,584 |
| 1995 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,645 |
| 1994 | 18 | — | 18 | #5,383 |
| 1993 | 33 | — | 33 | #3,409 |
| 1992 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,643 |
| 1991 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,592 |
| 1990 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,753 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,494 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,552 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,487 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,066 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,935 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,823 |
| 1982 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,051 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,708 |
| 1980 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,092 |
| 1979 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,003 |
| 1978 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,572 |