Aja
Aja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 67 births. Its best rank was 412th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 670.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1978491 births
- Best rank
- #412in 1978
- Since 1968
- 8,269people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,269 girls have been named Aja in the United States since 1968, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 491 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1980s alone account for 26%. It has spent 22 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Aja was the 412th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Aja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Arinpeak 1997
- Jenicapeak 1981
- Rhiannonpeak 1999
- Yanirapeak 1993
- Akilahpeak 1993
- Tenayapeak 1975
- Rebekahpeak 1996
- Christynpeak 1982
Other spellings in the data
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.