MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ajay mean?
Ajaya adds the negative prefix a to the conquest-related root ji; it expresses an adjective. Its initial a is the Sanskrit negative prefix, joined to the vocabulary of conquering.
Pronunciation
IAST: ajaya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अजय
Letter-by-letter: ajaya
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ajay in Indian usage
1,029,521 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 9,391 records (0.9%).
- Recorded as male: 1,020,130 records (99.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 1,072 |
| 1930s | 593 |
| 1940s | 2,738 |
| 1950s | 16,516 |
| 1960s | 74,535 |
| 1970s | 201,529 |
| 1980s | 367,248 |
| 1990s | 365,057 |
| Other decades | 233 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 395,998 |
| Bihar | 238,693 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 94,153 |
| Jharkhand | 63,138 |
| Haryana | 48,407 |
| Rajasthan | 47,594 |
| Delhi | 45,565 |
| Odisha | 23,069 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 21,498 |
| Uttarakhand | 18,361 |
| Assam | 8,324 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7,652 |
| Kerala | 5,735 |
| Tripura | 4,110 |
| Chandigarh | 2,620 |
| Goa | 1,123 |
| Maharashtra | 809 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 544 |
| Meghalaya | 501 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 404 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 282 |
| Sikkim | 262 |
| Nagaland | 177 |
| Manipur | 165 |
| Daman and Diu | 119 |
| Other states | 218 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ajay / M | 34 | 914 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ajay; Table_6, C920 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ajay; Table_6, C920
- Monier-Williams, ajaya, p. 10,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: अजय ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
- Wiktionary: Ajay ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.