How rare is the name Ajay?

8,870 people in the United States have the first name Ajay, about 1 in 34,051. It ranks #2,657 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

AJAY

#2,657

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,870
About
1 in 34,051
This common or more
80.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,870 people named Ajay, 73.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 11.2% as White and 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ajay peaked in 2011, when 158 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
158
In 2025*
63 ▼60%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,594 babies have been given the name since 1964. 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.

Ajay by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,561. The largest share of babies named Ajay, 46.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#8,55457
1970s#4,475266
1980s#3,478489
1990s#3,424692
2000s#2,5611,449
2010s#3,1551,196
2020s#4,325445
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–807.6%
Millennials 1981–9619%
Generation Z 1997–1246.9%
2013 and later26.4%

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.

Where Ajay is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ajay has been most common in California (3.2×), New Jersey (3.1×), and New York (2.5×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.44×).

2,378 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Ajay

1 other first name also has 8,870 people.

#2,657 Lili · 8,870

Either side of Ajay

#2,655 Dimitri · 8,895#2,656 Kelsi · 8,881#2,657 Lili · 8,870#2,659 Hayes · 8,856

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,087 Aja · 7,142#11,225 Ajah · 1,155#20,316 Ajai · 510#30,312 Ajaya · 288#40,182 Ajoy · 186

Also a last name

As a last name, Ajay ranks #84,231 of 156,621, with 240 people. See Ajay as a last name

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