Aja
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-zha
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,458 for girls
Aja is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unborn”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,458th for girls in the US (44 babies).
What does Aja mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit name; in the US often treated as a spelling of Asia
“unborn”
In Hindu legend King Aja is the grandfather of Rama; Aja is also the title of Steely Dan's 1977 album.
Is Aja a girl's or a boy's name?
Aja is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 44 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aja in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Aja, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 5 girls.
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Aja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Asia 13
- Aja 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Aja in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Aja in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,458among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 44about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 44 girls in the US were named Aja, making it the 3,458th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,034th. Its busiest year was 1978, with 491 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Aja than any year since 1977.
Half of all the girls named Aja in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Aja or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #3,458 for this spelling alone.
Aja in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 44 | #3,458 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 58 | #2,891 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 91 | #2,034 |
| 2019 | 67 | #2,593 |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,238 |
| 2017 | 99 | #1,989 |
| 2016 | 65 | #2,667 |
| 2015 | 84 | #2,236 |
| 2014 | 86 | #2,194 |
| 2013 | 80 | #2,305 |
| 2012 | 100 | #1,955 |
| 2011 | 152 | #1,469 |
| 2010 | 137 | #1,590 |
| 2009 | 133 | #1,676 |
| 2008 | 144 | #1,583 |
| 2007 | 159 | #1,468 |
| 2006 | 152 | #1,462 |
| 2005 | 158 | #1,367 |
| 2004 | 194 | #1,166 |
| 2003 | 209 | #1,066 |
| 2002 | 226 | #976 |
| 2001 | 203 | #1,053 |
| 2000 | 228 | #938 |
| 1999 | 194 | #1,045 |
| 1998 | 192 | #1,032 |
| 1997 | 206 | #955 |
| 1996 | 246 | #822 |
| 1995 | 232 | #841 |
| 1994 | 216 | #887 |
| 1993 | 207 | #919 |
| 1992 | 200 | #959 |
| 1991 | 230 | #866 |
| 1990 | 202 | #937 |
| 1989 | 200 | #905 |
| 1988 | 203 | #868 |
| 1987 | 158 | #993 |
| 1986 | 181 | #900 |
| 1985 | 160 | #963 |
| 1984 | 175 | #867 |
| 1983 | 249 | #681 |
| 1982 | 263 | #674 |
| 1981 | 261 | #668 |
| 1980 | 311 | #597 |
| 1979 | 362 | #526 |
| 1978 | 491 | #412 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
Names like Aja
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha Viha Kridha Prisha Priya Akshara Aadhya Anvika Shreeja Amrit Anisha Radhika
Other spellings of Aja
Names related to Aja
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aja: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aja, updated 20 October 2026.