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Ajani

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Ajani is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 72 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
720.00% of boys
Peak year
2004109 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1974
2,426people given the name
Babies named Ajani, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,174 boys have been named Ajani in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 109 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2004, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2007, and the 2000s alone account for 42%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 252 girls have also been given it, 10% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Ajani
1970s48
1980s75
1990s239
2000s913
2010s493
2020s406

In 2004, its biggest year

Ajani was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.

Names that rose and fell with Ajani

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.