Aja

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Aja: Recorded since 1996, its highest recorded position is #3,126, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
10times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#3126highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3174
1998	#3848
2002	#4137
2008	#4524
2010	#4688
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2023	#4709
2024	#4843

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 10 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #3126 among girls in England and Wales, in 1996 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Aja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Aja in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	7	2 of 10	4
2010s	4	1 of 10	4
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

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

Aja appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3126 in England and Wales in 1996.

Aja'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	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#4137	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3174	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 10 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #3,126, first reached in 1996.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 5 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 9 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
3 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
9 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5births registered in its largest year, 2020Under 25 births →

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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Ajani · #1744, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Eleonor · #3126, 10y
Vidya · #3126, 11y
Abdoulaye · #3134, 13y
Nawfal · #3134, 10y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Chika · #3126, 16y
Eleonor · #3126, 10y
Vidya · #3126, 11y
Madlen · #3116, 14y

Aja 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 Aja without appearing here.

Aja moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4688 and #965 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4688 and #4688 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Kristin Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4688 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #5493.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4843 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Aja

Ezra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4688 and #5707 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #3899 and #1164.
Liv Compare
In 2001 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #4137 and #2105.
Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3174 and #1958.
Cecilie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #3174 and #3824 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #3848 and #3848.

Moved the opposite way to Aja

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Aja

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Aja went from #3126 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #3126 in England and Wales in 1996. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Aja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Aja at a glance

Aja by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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