Ajene

Last seen for girls in 2001 at #15,352 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 60.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 11 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
89
since 1973

Ajene over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #6,723, 1996peak #3,386, 1977girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1999#11,3857#7,8747
1998#11,1387
1997#12,0706
1996#6,72313#9,0155
1995#6,9927
1994#11,7786#7,7706
1993#9,5598#6,8167
1992#10,4797
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First appearance
1973

The first year at least five boys were named Ajene! It came in at #4,054, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1974, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ajene
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1973
  • Peaked 1977 at #3,386 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1979, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 149,384
  • Highest: 1 in 149,384 boys born in 1977 were named Ajene (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 46.1% of all boys named Ajene (41) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2005
  • Mostly girls until 2004, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s41#3,386 (1977)#4,021
1980s6#5,785 (1985)#5,785
1990s37#6,816 (1993)#7,784
2000s5#11,472 (2005)#11,472

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ajene in 1973

boys
#4,054
7 births · 1 in 222,654 boys

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #4,054Ajene7
More about 1973

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 222,654 of them was named Ajene, which outranked 31.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ajene
  1. #3,694Zebedee8
  2. #3,694Zebulun8
  3. #3,694Zenas8
  4. #4,054Ajene7
  5. #4,054Aaran7
  6. #4,054Abron7
  7. #4,054Adair7
  8. #4,505Abdu6
  9. #4,505Abelino6
  10. #4,505Able6

Tied with 450 names at #4,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973