girls:
245 births since 1979
#5471 (4th percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1974
#2743 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1974
#5467 (29th percentile)
The name Ajani is the #5,467 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,347 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 29.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 29.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,743 (40.2% percentile) for all time with 2,102 births since 1974. For girls, it ranks #5,471 (4.3% percentile) for all time with 245 births since 1979.
Ajani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for boys and 1979 for girls). Birth data for Ajani is available in 47 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (47 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ajani has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.6% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 87.0% of babies named Ajani were boys.
For boys, Ajani reached its peak popularity in 2004, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #743) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 55 births per million (ranked 10.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ajani ranks #829 for boys (9.0% percentile) with 48 births per million, which is 86.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ajani reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #929) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ajani ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 82.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ajani".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ajani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 64.5% confident that Ajani is pronounced as uh-JAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-ZAH-nee, at 19.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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