Hajime

Boys' name

Beginning

Hajime has been given to 134 babies in the U.S. since 1913. 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 1925, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Hajime, 1991

1 in 779,000

Hajime over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Hajime: meaning, origin, and history

Beginning

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Hajime means

Hajime means “beginning”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Hajime is used in Japanese.

Another recorded pronunciation is /hä.ʑi.me̞/ for Hajime.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 134 boys were recorded with the name Hajime between 1913 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 15 in 1925; its best national rank was #2,124 in 1925.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Hajime?

Hajime had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991: 1 in 779,000; 5 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only: 1 in 404,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 539,676 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Hajime 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 1991 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 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Hajime. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Hajimes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Hajime was born before 1922 — so the typical Hajime is around 103 today.

Median birth year: 1922; About 103 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 65.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 3.7%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 65.7% of all recorded uses (88).

Is Hajime 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 1925 (15)
Years since peak: 100; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,124; 1925

Spellings of Hajime

Hajime is not the most common spelling — Jaime is, with 95.2% against Hajime's 0.18%.

Jaime95.2%71,491
Hakim3.1%2,361
Maxime1.5%1,098
Hajime0.18%134

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 Hajime is used

Across 1910–2025, Hajime was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 9,091 boys, against 1 in 222,210 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

011 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 9,091
2California1 in —

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. Hajime has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Hajime by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,124; 1925
Peak year: 1925; 15 that year
First recorded: 1913
Last recorded: 1991
All-time count: 134
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Hajime

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

Hajoon Hajun Hajin Haji Jerime Maxime Shloime Hajari Prime Hajj Aime Jahime Jerrime Sime Time Jaime

Sibling names for Hajime

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

Concepcion Easter Gene Rosina Kattie Lavon Blanch Jaunita

For a brother

Domenick Rollin Alvis Jewel Eldridge Lenard Merritt Lacy

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