Feminine dossier · first seen 1968

Aja

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Aja
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1978

Peak rank proxy

491

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1968Peak 19782024

Peak year

1978

Decline from peak

86.4%

2024

All-time

8,269

Aja has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1978, when 491 girls were named Aja.

In 2024, only 67 girls were given the name.

Down 86.4% from its peak.

All told, about 8,269 Americans have been named Aja and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1968.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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