Arjay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AR-jay
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Arjay is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Arjay mean?
Modern: phonetic spelling of the initials R. J.
A spelled-out form of the initials R. J., a style also popular in the Philippines.
Is Arjay a girl's or a boy's name?
Arjay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arjay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Arjay, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arjay than any year since 2020.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Arjay or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Rj 6
- Arjay 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Arjay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Arjay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Arjay, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most boys named Arjay of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the boys named Arjay in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arjay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 14 | #4,446 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
Nicknames for Arjay
- Rj 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Arjay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Krishiv, Avi, Avyaan, Aj, Advik, Shivansh, Aviraj, Vivaan, Yuvraj, Vihaan, Aveer
Other spellings of Arjay
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Arjay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arjay, updated 20 October 2026.