Name profile

Ajay

A name meaning "unconquered".

Usage languagesBengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu
US rank (2025)#2,230

Meaning and history

Ajay is a name meaning “unconquered,” derived from Sanskrit अ (a), meaning “not,” and जय (jaya), meaning “victory” or “conquest.”

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 156 births, rank #1,116
2007: 149 births, rank #1,182
2008: 155 births, rank #1,165
2009: 142 births, rank #1,250
2010: 142 births, rank #1,240
20112011: 158 births, rank #1,143
2012: 129 births, rank #1,322
2013: 133 births, rank #1,297
2014: 130 births, rank #1,334
2015: 119 births, rank #1,434
20162016: 88 births, rank #1,754
2017: 107 births, rank #1,530
2018: 108 births, rank #1,553
2019: 77 births, rank #1,917
2020: 85 births, rank #1,778
20212021: 90 births, rank #1,770
2022: 80 births, rank #1,938
2023: 70 births, rank #2,097
2024: 57 births, rank #2,418
20252025: 63 births, rank #2,230

In 2025, 63 babies were recorded with the name Ajay, ranking #2,230 among boys.