Ajax
Boy · AY-jaks · Greek
Ajax is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Ajax mean?
Greek: Latin form of Greek Aias
Ajax the Great was a mighty Greek warrior at Troy in Homer's Iliad, second only to Achilles.
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Is Ajax a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajax is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ajax in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 313% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Ajax, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ajax in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Ajax in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 2 | #6,166 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Ajax in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Ajax, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Ajax in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ajax in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 45 | #2,804 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 21 | #4,635 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,777 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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