Aja
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning one who drives; goat.
Babies a year
103
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Aja by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Aja. In the US, 103 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 491 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aja. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aja
Names that are said the same way as Aja, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.