Ajay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-JAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #986 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,230 for boys
Ajay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unconquerable, invincible”. In 2025 it ranked 986th for boys in the UK (34 babies) and 2,230th for boys in the US (63 babies).
What does Ajay mean?
Sanskrit
“unconquerable, invincible”
From Sanskrit ajaya, formed from a-, 'not', and jaya, 'victory, conquest'.
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Is Ajay a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 34 boys in the UK and 63 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ajay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #986among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were named Ajay, making it the 986th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 793rd. Its busiest year was 2002, with 101 boys.
2025 had the fewest boys named Ajay since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Ajay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 914th in England and Wales.
Ajay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #986 |
| 2024 | 43 | #838 |
| 2023 | 57 | #684 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 49 | #773 |
| 2020 | 44 | #793 |
| 2019 | 54 | #699 |
| 2018 | 74 | #574 |
| 2017 | 78 | #554 |
| 2016 | 65 | #618 |
| 2015 | 83 | #524 |
| 2014 | 64 | #613 |
| 2013 | 61 | #633 |
| 2012 | 81 | #521 |
| 2011 | 87 | #476 |
| 2010 | 79 | #496 |
| 2009 | 80 | #498 |
| 2008 | 92 | #448 |
| 2007 | 91 | #429 |
| 2006 | 98 | #390 |
| 2005 | 95 | #366 |
| 2004 | 90 | #362 |
| 2003 | 96 | #323 |
| 2002 | 101 | #307 |
| 2001 | 93 | #327 |
| 2000 | 81 | #358 |
| 1999 | 74 | #367 |
| 1998 | 65 | #397 |
| 1997 | 59 | #419 |
| 1996 | 50 | #440 |
How popular is Ajay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,230among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 63about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 63 boys in the US were named Ajay, making it the 2,230th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 158 boys. It first appears in the records in 1964.
Half of all the boys named Ajay in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72 boys in the US were given Ajay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,784, up from #2,230 for this spelling alone.
- Ajay 63
- Ajai 9
Ajay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 57 | #2,418 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,096 |
| 2022 | 80 | #1,937 |
| 2021 | 90 | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 77 | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 108 | #1,553 |
| 2017 | 107 | #1,530 |
| 2016 | 88 | #1,754 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,434 |
| 2014 | 130 | #1,334 |
| 2013 | 133 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 129 | #1,322 |
| 2011 | 158 | #1,143 |
| 2010 | 142 | #1,240 |
| 2009 | 142 | #1,250 |
| 2008 | 155 | #1,165 |
| 2007 | 149 | #1,182 |
| 2006 | 156 | #1,116 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 137 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 157 | #1,006 |
| 2002 | 152 | #1,015 |
| 2001 | 143 | #1,026 |
| 2000 | 106 | #1,244 |
| 1999 | 104 | #1,213 |
| 1998 | 98 | #1,234 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,357 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,364 |
| 1994 | 59 | #1,559 |
| 1993 | 61 | #1,507 |
| 1992 | 53 | #1,638 |
| 1991 | 42 | #1,861 |
| 1990 | 47 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 53 | #1,377 |
| 1986 | 61 | #1,226 |
| 1985 | 49 | #1,388 |
| 1984 | 63 | #1,143 |
| 1983 | 55 | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 39 | #1,562 |
| 1981 | 42 | #1,478 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 39 | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 35 | #1,596 |
| 1977 | 24 | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 29 | #1,703 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 27 | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 19 | #2,080 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,278 |
| 1970 | 20 | #1,988 |
| 1969 | 18 | #1,976 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
Names like Ajay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Ravi Avi Yuvraj Atharv Avyaan Shivay Dhruv Viraj Pranav Ansh Ajit
Other spellings of Ajay
Names related to Ajay
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Ajay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ajay, updated 20 October 2026.