Ajala

Girls' name

To fight + to survive

Ajala has been given to 22 babies in the U.S. since 2001. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Ajala, 2007

1 in 666,000

Ajala over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ajala: meaning, origin, and history

To fight + to survive

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ajala means

Ajala means “to fight + to survive”, associated with jà and lá.

Origin, language, and formation

Ajala is used in Yoruba.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Yoruba, Ajala is pronounced /à.d͡ʒà.lá/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Ajala between 2001 and 2007. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2002; its best national rank was #13,632 in 2002.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Ajala?

Ajala had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2007, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2007: 1 in 666,000; 6 of 3,997,748 births
Among girls only: 1 in 320,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2007: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 461,839 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ajala sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2007 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 461,839 children born in 2007 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ajala. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ajalas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ajala was born before 2002 — so the typical Ajala is around 23 today.

Median birth year: 2002; About 23 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 22; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (22).

Is Ajala rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2002 (6)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #13,632; 2002

Spellings of Ajala

Ajala is not the most common spelling — Alana is, with 11.3% against Ajala's <0.01%.

Alana11.3%68,264
Jada11.2%67,400
Jayla7.7%46,432
Jana7.6%46,185
Amaya7.2%43,525
Ayla6.3%38,040
Amara4.8%28,982
Anaya3.0%17,997

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ajala by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #13,632; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 6 that year
First recorded: 2001
Last recorded: 2007
All-time count: 22
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ajala

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ajacia Ajana Ajanai Ajada Ajae Ajani Ajalae Ghala Ajanea Ajalon Dwala Ajaye Imala Ajane Ajasia Ajaylah Alala Akala Kaala Ajaya Kyala Diyala Thala Quala

Sibling names for Ajala

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Iyana Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Kaiya Shreya Delanie Magaly

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Jaylon Jaylin Destin

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