Ajai is a rare variant of Aja that peaked in 1994 and has grown less common since.
Ajai is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #8,268 for boy births in the United States (and #17,211 across all names), given to 9 babies. Ajai was first reported in SSA data in 1980 and peaked in 2020 (15 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,268 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,274 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,765 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | — | #9,010 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | — | #9,761 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #15,185 | #5,711 |
| 2019 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,794 |
| 2018 | 20 | 20 | #11,464 | #6,713 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10 | — | #7,566 |
| 2016 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,164 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #14,562 | #8,763 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #16,606 | — |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | — | #8,810 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | — | #10,823 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | — | #7,024 |
| 2010 | 11 | 11 | #17,104 | #10,813 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | — | #11,032 |
| 2008 | 17 | 17 | #12,615 | #8,343 |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | — | #8,188 |
| 2006 | 20 | 20 | #12,455 | #6,471 |
| 2005 | 15 | 15 | #16,551 | #7,115 |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #12,802 | #6,988 |
| 2003 | 16 | 16 | #12,448 | #7,259 |
| 2002 | 15 | 15 | #9,503 | #10,710 |
| 2001 | 7 | 7 | #12,103 | — |
| 2000 | 22 | 22 | #8,042 | #6,326 |
| 1999 | 18 | 18 | #11,416 | #5,662 |
| 1998 | 15 | 15 | #11,165 | #6,858 |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,302 | — |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #10,590 | #6,511 |
| 1995 | 19 | — | #6,266 | #8,899 |
| 1994 | 27 | — | #4,690 | #7,788 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #8,731 | #7,651 |
| 1992 | 12 | — | #10,502 | #8,465 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #13,186 | — |
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,269 |