Aj

maleStatistical record

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

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

Aj: Recorded every year since 2002, its highest recorded position is #211, reached in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
43times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#211highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2636
2003	#2857
2004	#3651
2005	#1534
2006	#1892
2007	#1361
2008	#2775
2009	#1981
2010	#1620
2011	#1251
2012	#1229
2013	#976
2014	#988
2015	#1586
2016	#1081
2017	#848
2018	#1061
2019	#1001
2020	#993
2021	#888
2022	#1314
2023	#965
2024	#1402

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #302 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #432 among boys in Scotland, #1402 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 2002–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2636 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2012–2025
Highest recorded position: #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025 (recorded 2012–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Aj appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 441 births with the name.

Aj 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.

Aj'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	#2636 (2002)	#848 (2017)	#1402 (2024)	23 of 23	441 (2002–2024)	37 (2017)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#378 (2008)	#226 (2021)	#226 (2021)	7 of 14	32 (2008–2021)	9 (2021)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#616 (2012)	#211 (2025)	#211 (2025)	12 of 14	127 (2012–2025)	22 (2022)

Aj 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 Aj in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	64	8 of 10	8
2010s	245	10 of 10	25
2020sbusiest	132	5 of 10	26

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 26 births a year.

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

Aj 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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #211 in Republic of Ireland in 2025.

Aj'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	#1402	19	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#965	31	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#888	34	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#993	28	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1001	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#848	37	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#988	29	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1229	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1892	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1534	12	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2857	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2636	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#226	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#358	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#314	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	13	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	16	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	22	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	14	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#432	7	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 2002 and 2025, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #211, first reached in 2025.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 37 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 22 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.

Aiza · #236, 27y
Aizah · #182, 23y
Aja · #3126, 10y
Ajan · #2112, 13y

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.

Matas · #213, 28y
Raina · #209, 26y
Zayan · #208, 27y
Arwen · #215, 26y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Eliah · #211, 22y
Caela · #212, 15y
Milana · #209, 25y
Mylah · #209, 17y

Aj was ranked #211 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2025. 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.

Aj 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 Aj without appearing here.

Aj moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1620 and #4678.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.
Arne Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2857 and #2857 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3849.
Malin Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1534 and #3849.

Moved ahead of Aj

Aksel Compare
In 2023 they stood at #965 and #1461 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1402 and #1132.
Albie Compare
In 2022 they stood at #225 and #429 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #268 and #243.

Moved the opposite way to Aj

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 while Adam went from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 while Alan went from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Aj

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 and Albie from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 and Alfie from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 and Alfred from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Aj went from #2636 to #1402 and Archie from #55 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #211 in Republic of Ireland in 2025. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Aj

Aj at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Aj across 3 official records

Aj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aj appears in

Popularity data

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Aj at a glance

Aj across 3 official records

Aj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Aj appears in

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