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Aja

Aja: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“unborn”
Origin
Sanskrit
Say it
AH-jah · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

A Sanskrit name and word meaning 'unborn'; in Hindu tradition Aja is also a royal name. This spelling is also used in modern English, but the Sanskrit origin is the clearest traditional source.

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How popular is Aja?

202420.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aja in 202467

2024 rank#2,605 girls

Peak year1978

Total US babies since 18808,359

Aja is fading: recent use is about 66% of its level ten years before.

Names like Aja

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Aryanoble; honorable · Sanskrit
  • Kalithe black one · Sanskrit
  • Alayadwelling, abode · Sanskrit
  • Opalgem; precious stone · Sanskrit
  • Ariyanoble · Sanskrit
  • Vedaknowledge · Sanskrit
  • Tarastar · Sanskrit
  • Anikagrace · Sanskrit

Aja questions

What does the name Aja mean?

Aja means "unborn". It comes from Sanskrit. A Sanskrit name and word meaning 'unborn'; in Hindu tradition Aja is also a royal name. This spelling is also used in modern English, but the Sanskrit origin is the clearest traditional source.

Is Aja a boy or girl name?

Aja is mainly a girl's name in US records (99% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aja?

67 US babies were named Aja in 2024. Its peak year was 1978.

How do you pronounce Aja?

Aja is usually pronounced AH-jah.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.