How rare is the name Aj?

10,310 people in the United States have the first name Aj, about 1 in 29,295. It ranks #2,412 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AJ

#2,412

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,310
About
1 in 29,295
This common or more
79.7%
Who bears it

Of the 10,310 people named Aj, 49.7% reported their origin as White, 18.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.1% as Black. 90% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aj peaked in 2012, when 92 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2012
Births that year
92
In 2025*
80 ▼13%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,499 babies have been given the name since 1961. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aj by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #4,222. The largest share of babies named Aj, 39.2%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#10,60832
1970s#10,36067
1980s#5,157274
1990s#5,918309
2000s#4,734600
2010s#4,222766
2020s#4,289451
Baby boom 1946–640.6%
Generation X 1965–803.7%
Millennials 1981–9618.8%
Generation Z 1997–1237.7%
2013 and later39.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Aj

#2,410 Ariella · 10,319#2,411 Maren · 10,315#2,413 Kadence · 10,308#2,414 Georgette · 10,303

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Aj, most common first.

#3,087 Aja · 7,142#32,550 Aji · 258

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