Ajai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-JAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Ajai is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unconquerable”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ajai mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ajay
“unconquerable”
From Sanskrit a-, 'not', and jaya, 'conquest'.
Is Ajai a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ajai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ajai in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Ajai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ajai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ajai, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Ajai in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Ajai or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #8,239 for this spelling alone.
- Ajay 63
- Ajai 9
Ajai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 11 | #5,650 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Nicknames for Ajai
- Aj 23 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ajai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Yuvraj Avi Avyaan Vihaan Shivansh Aviraj Arjan Atharv Veer Prithvi Dhruv
Other spellings of Ajai
Names related to Ajai
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Ajai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ajai, updated 20 October 2026.