Ajay is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 2011 and has grown less common since.
Ajay is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,230 for boy births in the United States (and #4,793 across all names), given to 63 babies. Ajay was first reported in SSA data in 1964 and peaked in 2011 (158 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | — | #2,230 |
| 2024 | 57 | 57 | — | #2,420 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | — | #2,098 |
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | — | #1,938 |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,770 |
| 2020 | 85 | 85 | — | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 77 | 77 | — | #1,917 |
| 2018 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,553 |
| 2017 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,530 |
| 2016 | 88 | 88 | — | #1,754 |
| 2015 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,434 |
| 2014 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,334 |
| 2013 | 138 | 138 | #16,647 | #1,297 |
| 2012 | 129 | 129 | — | #1,322 |
| 2011 | 158 | 158 | — | #1,143 |
| 2010 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,240 |
| 2009 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,250 |
| 2008 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,165 |
| 2007 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,182 |
| 2006 | 156 | 156 | — | #1,117 |
| 2005 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,081 |
| 2004 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,144 |
| 2003 | 157 | 157 | — | #1,007 |
| 2002 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,027 |
| 2000 | 106 | 106 | — | #1,247 |
| 1999 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,215 |
| 1998 | 98 | 98 | — | #1,238 |
| 1997 | 75 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1996 | 79 | — | — | #1,359 |
| 1995 | 74 | — | — | #1,369 |
| 1994 | 59 | — | — | #1,564 |
| 1993 | 61 | — | — | #1,512 |
| 1992 | 53 | — | — | #1,643 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | — | #1,867 |
| 1990 | 47 | — | — | #1,702 |
| 1989 | 46 | — | — | #1,679 |
| 1988 | 48 | — | — | #1,526 |
| 1987 | 53 | — | — | #1,379 |
| 1986 | 61 | — | — | #1,228 |
| 1985 | 49 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1984 | 63 | — | — | #1,144 |
| 1983 | 55 | — | — | #1,239 |
| 1982 | 39 | — | — | #1,565 |
| 1981 | 42 | — | — | #1,479 |
| 1980 | 33 | — | — | #1,727 |
| 1979 | 39 | — | — | #1,510 |
| 1978 | 35 | — | — | #1,597 |
| 1977 | 24 | — | — | #2,008 |
| 1976 | 25 | — | — | #1,932 |
| 1975 | 29 | — | — | #1,704 |
| 1974 | 31 | — | — | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 27 | — | — | #1,696 |
| 1972 | 19 | — | — | #2,081 |
| 1971 | 17 | — | — | #2,279 |
| 1970 | 20 | — | — | #1,989 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | — | #1,978 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | — | #2,201 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | — | #3,233 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | — | #3,541 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | — | #3,249 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | — | #4,048 |