Ajaya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-JAH-yah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Ajaya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unconquered, invincible”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ajaya mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit a-jaya
“unconquered, invincible”
From Sanskrit jaya 'victory' with the negative prefix a-; in India it is mainly a boys' name.
Is Ajaya a girl's or a boy's name?
Ajaya is a girls' name.
How popular is Ajaya in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Ajaya in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ajaya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Ajaya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Akshara Avaya Priya Navya Anvika Kavya Radhika Aarya Prisha Anvi Avira
Names related to Ajaya
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, “Ajaya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ajaya, updated 20 October 2026.