Names / Boy names
Ajax
Current rank
#3,243
and rising
All-time peak
#2,808
in 2023
First recorded
2005
in U.S. data
Children named
452
since 2005
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,808 in 2023 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Ajax first appears in American naming records in 2005, where it reads as a boys' name. It has been picking up quiet momentum lately, though it stays below the top 1,000. Only about 452 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.