Ajay

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ajay: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ajay: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #257 in 2006, and it stood at #350 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
58times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#257highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#414
1997	#395
1998	#369
1999	#338
2000	#327
2001	#305
2002	#287
2003	#300
2004	#351
2005	#353
2006	#392
2007	#426
2008	#444
2009	#485
2010	#513
2011	#479
2012	#505
2013	#647
2014	#684
2015	#557
2016	#641
2017	#568
2018	#564
2019	#740
2020	#898
2021	#784
2022	#878
2023	#728
2024	#826

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #350 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #619 among boys in Scotland, #826 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #414 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2006–2023
Highest recorded position: #257 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2006 (recorded 2006–2023).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #826 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ajay appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 1,917 births with the name.

Ajay across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ajay's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#414 (1996)	#287 (2002)	#826 (2024)	29 of 29	1,917 (1996–2024)	97 (2002)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#423 (2003)	#306 (2018)	#350 (2024)	21 of 22	165 (2003–2024)	14 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#257 (2006)	#257 (2006)	#312 (2023)	7 of 18	26 (2006–2023)	5 (2006)

Ajay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ajay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	242	4 of 10	61
2000sbusiest	859	10 of 10	86
2010s	622	10 of 10	62
2020s	194	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 86 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ajay appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Northern Ireland in 2006.

Ajay's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#728	46	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#878	35	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#784	42	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#898	32	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#740	44	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#564	66	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#568	68	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#641	55	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#557	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#684	48	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#647	52	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#505	75	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#479	77	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#513	69	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#485	73	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#444	82	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#426	83	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#392	87	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#353	89	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#351	85	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#300	95	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#287	97	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#305	89	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#327	79	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#338	74	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#369	61	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#395	57	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#414	50	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#350	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#381	10	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#421	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	11	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#444	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#619	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #257, first reached in 2006.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 97 births, registered in England and Wales in 2002.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2003, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lilly-Mae · #257, 25y
Dolly · #258, 30y
Jayce · #254, 29y
Ocean · #260, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hauk · #257, 28y
Vår · #257, 30y
Dolly · #258, 30y
Malaika · #256, 29y

Ajay was ranked #257 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2006. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ajay and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ajay without appearing here.

Ajay moved ahead of

Jakob Compare
In 2022 they stood at #878 and #746 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #728 and #1139.
Mitchell Compare
In 2022 they stood at #878 and #878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #728 and #1139.
Andreas Compare
In 2008 they stood at #473 and #435 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #337 and #701.
Markus Compare
In 2014 they stood at #711 and #534 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2015 that had become #421 and #699.

Moved ahead of Ajay

Rian Compare
In 2018 they stood at #564 and #711 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #740 and #493.
Archie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #351 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.
Mason Compare
In 2004 they stood at #351 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.
Oisin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #564 and #675 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #740 and #535.

Moved the opposite way to Ajay

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ajay

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ajay went from #414 to #826 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #257 in Northern Ireland in 2006. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ajay

Ajay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ajay across 3 official records

Ajay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ajay appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ajay

Ajay and the names beside it

Ajay moved ahead of

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Ajay at a glance

Ajay across 3 official records

Ajay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ajay appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ajay

Ajay and the names beside it

Ajay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ajay

Moved the opposite way to Ajay

Moved the same way as Ajay