Ajah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AY-zha
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Ajah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unborn”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Ajah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Aja; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Aja.
Is Ajah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ajah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Ajah, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 97 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Ajah in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 141 girls in the US were given Ajah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,330, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Ajah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 41 | #3,722 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,360 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 48 | #3,428 |
| 2006 | 62 | #2,815 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,861 |
| 2004 | 74 | #2,323 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 57 | #2,670 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 76 | #2,118 |
| 1999 | 97 | #1,686 |
| 1998 | 73 | #2,023 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Ajah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Hadassah, Farah, Zainab, Safa, Summer, Kaliyah, Aliya, Amira, Zaniyah, Zaira, Jaliyah
Other spellings of Ajah
Names related to Ajah
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ajah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ajah, updated 20 October 2026.