Ajay Boy
How popular is Ajay?
#2,230 boy name in 2025
63 baby boys were named Ajay in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
Ajay popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,230 for boys (▲ 188 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,434 in 2015, #1,778 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2011 (158 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,006 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1964 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ajay counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ajay family of names ranked #1,730 for boys in 2025 (#1,795 the year before), with 72 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ajay | 63 | 88% |
| Ajai | 9 | 13% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ajay is most popular
Babies named Ajay per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (67 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (20 boys)
- New Jersey: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Ajay by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 57 | #1,976 |
| 1970s | 266 | #1,510 |
| 1980s | 489 | #1,143 |
| 1990s | 692 | #1,213 |
| 2000s | 1,449 | #1,006 |
| 2010s | 1,191 | #1,143 |
| 2020s | 445 | #1,770 |
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Questions
- Is Ajay a boy or girl name?
- Ajay is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ajay were boys.
- How popular is the name Ajay?
- 63 baby boys were named Ajay in the US in 2025, making it the 2230th most popular boy name.
- When was Ajay most popular?
- Ajay peaked in 2011, when 158 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,006 in 2003.
- How many people are named Ajay?
- 4,594 babies have been named Ajay in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,485 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 21.
- Where is Ajay most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ajay was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.