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Ajay

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Ajay is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 56 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
560.00% of boys
Peak year
2011158 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1964
4,524people given the name
Babies named Ajay, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

4,524 boys have been named Ajay in the United States since 1964, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2011, with 158 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2005, and the 2000s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Ajay
1960s57
1970s266
1980s488
1990s692
2000s1,449
2010s1,191
2020s381

In 2011, its biggest year

Ajay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2011 were Jacob, Mason, William, Jayden and Noah. See all of 2011.

Names that rose and fell with Ajay

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.