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Ajay

#2,230 in 2025Boys' name

Victorious; undefeatable, through अजय

Ajay has been given to 4,594 babies in the U.S. since 1964. In 2025 it ranked #2,230 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2011, with 158 recorded.

Babies named Ajay, 2025

1 in 52,600

Ajay over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05010015020018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ajay: meaning, origin, and history

Victorious; undefeatable, through अजय

Sanskrit

What Ajay means

Ajay belongs to the name family reached through Ajay → अजय. Its meaning is “victorious; undefeatable”.

Origin, language, and formation

Ajay is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Ajay comes through Hindi अजय.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include अजय.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,589 boys were recorded with the name Ajay between 1964 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 158 in 2011; its best national rank was #1,006 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,778 in 2020 to #2,230 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #1,434 in 2015 to #2,230 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Ajay between 2013 and 2013. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2013; its best national rank was #16,642 in 2013.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ajay?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 52,600
63 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 27,100
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,230
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
36,476 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ajay sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 36,476 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ajay. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ajays were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ajay was born before 2005 — so the typical Ajay is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
31.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
64.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,589
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 31.6% of all recorded uses (1,449).

Is Ajay 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
+190
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
−452
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−796
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.53×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
39.9%
Peak was 2011 (158)
Years since peak
14
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
10.5% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,006
2003

Spellings of Ajay

Ajay is not the most common spelling — Adam is, with 34.7% against Ajay's 0.27%.

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.

Where Ajay is used

Across 2016–2025, Ajay was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 11,111 boys, against 1 in 16,802 across all states with data. It was least common in Minnesota (1 in 50,000).

29 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 11,111
  2. 2New York1 in 12,500
  3. 3Texas1 in 20,000
  4. 4Florida1 in 25,000
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 25,000
  6. 6New Jersey1 in 25,000
  7. 7Michigan1 in 50,000
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Ajay around the world

Where Ajay ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #914
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1981–2024
    #619
    in 2024
  • Northern Ireland
    2006–2023
    #312
    in 2023
  • Ireland
    2003–2024
    #350
    in 2024
  • France
    1993–2025
    #3,432
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,232
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1987–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Ajay

People whose public names include Ajay, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Ajay by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,230
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 452
Best rank ever
#1,006
2003
Peak year
2011
158 that year
First recorded
1964
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,589
Count in 2025
63

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#16,642
2013
Peak year
2013
5 that year
First recorded
2013
Last recorded
2013
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ajay

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

AjaniAjaxAjaiVijaySanjayEjayArjayRjayAjanCeejayDejayTyjayAjamuJayJayjayTjayAjaDeejaySujayTeejayAjahniAjakKjayTejay

Names with a curve like Ajay

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ajay, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

SameerBlayneTaiBraulioJuancarlosObedKeyonMarkoAmmonKalaniSeamusJohann

Sibling names for Ajay

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

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