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Ajay

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~4,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,230 among boys
Births in 2025
63 4,594 since 1880
Typical age
20 years, median

Ajay popularity over time

Ajay rank by birth year, 1964–2025Ajay ranked #4,039 in 1964 and #2,230 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,007, in 2003.#1,000#2,230best #1,007 in 2003198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1964–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Ajay was used most in 2011, when 158 babies were given the name. 1964 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,230, with 63 births that year.

The ten-year change is -47%. It climbed 188 places against the previous year.

Babies named Ajay per yearPeaks at 158 births in 2011.158 in 20110198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ajay?

An estimated 4,500 living Americans are called Ajay. SSA has recorded 4,594 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ajay?

Median age among living Ajays: 20. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Ajay a current name.

Your Ajay

Ages of living people named AjayHalf of living Ajays are older than 20 and half younger.median 200204060
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ajay is most common

Relative to births, California carries 1.9× the national share of Ajays.

Where Ajay is used more than average2 states use the name Ajay more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ajay is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 174 1.9×
New York 75 1.8×

Ajay in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Ajay ranked #914 in 2025 on 34 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ajay comes from

Transliteration of Hindi अजय, etc.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Ajay

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ajay Devgn Indian film actor, director and producer 1968 62
Ajay Banga Indian American business executive 1959 31
Ajay Bhatt Indian engineer 1957 16
Ajay Jadeja former Indian cricketer 1971 15
Ajay Mitchell Belgian basketball player 2002 14
Ajay Naidu American actor 1972 13
Ajay Sharma Indian cricketer 1964 12
Ajay Kumar Bhalla Union Home Secretary of India 1960 9
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Ajay

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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