Girl
Aja
As a girl's name, Aja is understood to mean "Possibly variant of Asia". It is not as common as it was in the 1980s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. The registry counts around 7,868 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
EtymologyPossibly variant of Asia
SanskritOr Sanskrit "goat" / "unborn"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
15
1970s
893
1980s
2,200
1990s
2,131
2000s
1,824
2010s
805
Peaked in the 1980s · 7,868 total U.S. births since 1900