Aj
Boy · AY-jay · Modern
Aj is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,286th for boys in the UK (23 babies) and 1,932nd for boys in the US (80 babies).
What does Aj mean?
Modern: from the initials A.J.
Usually comes from the initials A.J., standing for a pair of names such as Alexander James.
- Say it
- AY-jay
Is Aj a girl's or a boy's name?
Aj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the UK and 80 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aj in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,286among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 13,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the UK were named Aj, making it the 1,286th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 45 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Aj than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Aj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales and 560th in Scotland.
Aj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #1,286 |
| 2024 | 26 | #1,177 |
| 2023 | 34 | #986 |
| 2022 | 25 | #1,181 |
| 2021 | 45 | #805 |
| 2020 | 30 | #1,033 |
| 2019 | 33 | #970 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 42 | #844 |
| 2016 | 33 | #988 |
| 2015 | 22 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 35 | #925 |
| 2013 | 37 | #888 |
| 2012 | 24 | #1,199 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 15 | #1,654 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
How popular is Aj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,932among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 80about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 80 boys in the US were named Aj, making it the 1,932nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 86 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had more boys named Aj than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Aj in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | 60 | #2,345 |
| 2023 | 65 | #2,187 |
| 2022 | 77 | #1,980 |
| 2021 | 79 | #1,914 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,895 |
| 2019 | 65 | #2,169 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2015 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 86 | #1,741 |
| 2011 | 75 | #1,865 |
| 2010 | 60 | #2,186 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 66 | #1,918 |
| 2004 | 60 | #1,985 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,002 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,121 |
| 2001 | 44 | #2,273 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 42 | #2,196 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 36 | #2,308 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 36 | #2,214 |
| 1993 | 33 | #2,290 |
| 1992 | 33 | #2,248 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 30 | #2,239 |
| 1988 | 36 | #1,844 |
| 1987 | 40 | #1,682 |
| 1986 | 42 | #1,564 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 28 | #1,932 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 13 | #2,945 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 11 | #2,575 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 10 | #2,664 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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