UK boy's name
A-Jay
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
A-Jay is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for A-Jay popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #4270, with 4 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 12 births.
This profile covers 117 England and Wales registrations across 20 recorded years from 2001 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales, NRS Scotland and NISRA Northern Ireland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 33% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 129 living people in the UK are called A-Jay. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • A-Jay ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 4 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 12 boys were registered as A-Jay.
- • A-Jay ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #433 in 2021.
- • About 129 living people in the UK are estimated to have A-Jay as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#4270
2024
Births in 2024
4
Latest year
Peak year
2017
12 births
Estimated living
129
2026
Popularity
A-Jay over time
The chart below shows babies named A-Jay registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2001 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For A-Jay, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 4 births in 2024, compared with 12 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
A-Jay by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether A-Jay was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #3560 | 15 | 3 |
| 2010s | #2770 | 65 | 9 |
| 2000s | #3046 | 37 | 8 |
Geography
Where A-Jay is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for A-Jay. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
A-Jay ranks best in Northern Ireland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #433 in 2021.
Across the UK
A-Jay in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#703 in 2022
3 years of NRS records, 10 total registered
Northern Ireland (NISRA)
#433 in 2021
1 years of NISRA records, 3 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named A-Jay
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A-Jay Leitch-Smith
association football player
English association football player (born 1990)
1990-
Related
Names similar to A-Jay
- Alfie 86,546
- Alexander 85,525
- Adam 71,855
- Archie 59,965
- Arthur 43,586
- Aaron 36,366
- Alex 32,729
- Andrew 20,169
- Arlo 19,061
- Aidan 16,776
- Albie 16,017
- Albert 15,809
FAQ
A-Jay: questions and answers
How popular is the name A-Jay in the UK right now?
In 2024, A-Jay was ranked #4270 for boys in England and Wales, with 4 births registered.
When was A-Jay most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 12 babies registered as A-Jay in England and Wales.
How many people are called A-Jay in the UK?
A total of 117 babies have been registered as A-Jay across the 20 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 10 more in Scotland and 3 in Northern Ireland.
Where is A-Jay most common?
In the latest published local rankings, A-Jay ranks best in Northern Ireland, where it placed #433 in 2021. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.