Aja
Aja was the 3461st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 412th with 491 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,224 places. More babies were named Aja in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,461 girls, down 1,425 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 44girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1978491 babies
- Total since 1880
- 8,404babies recorded
Aja popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 90 since 1978.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,461 | 44 |
| 2020 | #2,036 | 91 |
| 2010 | #1,590 | 137 |
| 2000 | #939 | 228 |
| 1990 | #939 | 202 |
| 1980 | #597 | 311 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Aja, counting every spelling?
Aja is the most common spelling of a name family that had 57 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 57 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aja | 44 | #3,461 | 290 |
| Ajah | 13 | #7,906 | 66 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Aja?
44 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Aja (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Aja born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 191 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Aja.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Aja?
About 8,100 people born in the US named Aja are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 21 and 42. That makes Aja mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Aja by state
How common Aja was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.1×). In 43 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Aja: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Aja, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Aja
How popular is the name Aja?
Aja was the 3461st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 44 babies. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 412th with 491 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,224 places. More babies were named Aja in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Aja a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Aja in the US.
Where is Aja most popular?
In 2021–2025, Aja was most common in Georgia (0.11 per 1,000 girls), followed by Kentucky and Louisiana.