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Aj: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 80 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,546 in 1985.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,546 in 1985; #1,932 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Aj in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,932 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1985, at #1,546.
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Aj: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 80 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,546 in 1985 · most boys in one year: 86 (2012).
In 2025, 80 US boys were named Aj, making it the 1,932nd most common boys’ name of the year, up 414 places from #2,346 in 2024. That is 20 more than the 60 boys named Aj in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,546, reached in 1985. The most boys given the name in a single year was 86, in 2012. For comparison, it was #1,983 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Aj in 58 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1961 with 5 babies. In all, 2,499 US babies have been given the name, 1.7% of them girls and 98% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 766 babies named Aj.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 740 US boys were named Aj; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 80. In 2025 that was about 1 in 21,351 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Aj ranked highest in Washington in 2025, at #1,000 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state.
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US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 5 | #1,000 | — |
| Texas | 14 | #1,350 | #2,128 |
| California | 10 | #1,584 | #1,633 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 80 | #1,932 |
| 2024 | — | — | 60 | #2,346 |
| 2023 | — | — | 65 | #2,189 |
| 2022 | — | — | 77 | #1,981 |
| 2021 | — | — | 79 | #1,915 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,427 | 78 | #1,896 |
| 2019 | — | — | 65 | #2,171 |
| 2018 | — | — | 78 | #1,901 |
| 2017 | — | — | 78 | #1,871 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,931 | 80 | #1,863 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,073 | 73 | #1,983 |
| 2014 | — | — | 84 | #1,781 |
| 2013 | — | — | 56 | #2,278 |
| 2012 | 6 | #15,035 | 86 | #1,743 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,882 | 75 | #1,866 |
| 2010 | 5 | #17,102 | 60 | #2,187 |
| 2009 | — | — | 63 | #2,143 |
| 2008 | — | — | 79 | #1,839 |
| 2007 | — | — | 68 | #2,035 |
| 2006 | — | — | 69 | #1,946 |
| 2005 | — | — | 66 | #1,922 |
| 2004 | — | — | 60 | #1,989 |
| 2003 | — | — | 57 | #2,008 |
| 2002 | — | — | 50 | #2,125 |
| 2001 | — | — | 44 | #2,278 |
| 2000 | — | — | 44 | #2,223 |
| 1999 | — | — | 42 | #2,199 |
| 1998 | — | — | 26 | #3,017 |
| 1997 | — | — | 36 | #2,311 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,380 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,847 |
| 1994 | — | — | 36 | #2,219 |
| 1993 | — | — | 33 | #2,295 |
| 1992 | — | — | 33 | #2,254 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,754 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #2,953 |
| 1989 | — | — | 30 | #2,245 |
| 1988 | — | — | 36 | #1,850 |
| 1987 | — | — | 40 | #1,684 |
| 1986 | — | — | 42 | #1,565 |
| 1985 | — | — | 42 | #1,546 |
| 1984 | — | — | 28 | #1,933 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,086 |
| 1982 | — | — | 12 | #3,484 |
| 1981 | — | — | 11 | #3,605 |
| 1980 | — | — | 8 | #4,506 |
| 1979 | — | — | 8 | #4,411 |
| 1978 | — | — | 6 | #5,072 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,388 |
| 1976 | — | — | 13 | #2,947 |
| 1975 | — | — | 10 | #3,430 |
| 1973 | — | — | 5 | #5,109 |
| 1972 | — | — | 8 | #3,623 |
| 1970 | — | — | 6 | #4,238 |
| 1969 | — | — | 6 | #3,943 |
| 1968 | — | — | 11 | #2,577 |
| 1964 | — | — | 10 | #2,667 |
| 1961 | — | — | 5 | #4,068 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).