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Aija

A name with a story to discover

feminineLatin script

[ˈɑ̝i̯j(ː)ɑ̝] · Finnish

Origin: Not established
5 language contexts: French Dutch Danish +2 more
Follow the evidence: 6 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Aija

Aija is a feminine given name documented in French, Dutch, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

2 source accounts

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in early 20th century. Name of a character in the novel Aija (1911) by Jānis Jaunsudrabiņš. Associated with aijāt (“to rock, lull”) and aijas (“cradle”).

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English Wiktionary accountSource-reportedVariant of Eija (compare Laila ~ Leila), or from a pet form of Aili, Aino, Alli, Anja and Arja. First recorded as a formal given name in Finland during…

Variant of Eija (compare Laila ~ Leila), or from a pet form of Aili, Aino, Alli, Anja and Arja. First recorded as a formal given name in Finland during 1890-1894.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

02 / Across borders

Where Aija is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Aija’s connections around the world.

4 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Official statistics

United States, 2022: 8 girls (rank 11231).

Explore United States

4 of 10 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Aija

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 8; applications; Rank #11,231
Peak year: 2003; 30 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Aija in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	5	10,210	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	8	8,391	observed
1989	5	12,362	observed
1990	5	12,958	observed
1991	5	13,147	observed
1992	8	9,491	observed
1993	14	6,264	observed
1994	10	8,122	observed
1995	6	11,783	observed
1996	19	5,065	observed
1997	17	5,626	observed
1998	15	6,360	observed
1999	19	5,424	observed
2000	12	8,027	observed
2001	21	5,364	observed
2002	15	7,045	observed
2003	30	4,307	observed
2004	18	6,489	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	13	8,715	observed
2007	16	7,733	observed
2008	9	11,599	observed
2009	20	6,544	observed
2010	10	10,451	observed
2011	7	13,347	observed
2012	7	13,483	observed
2013	9	11,000	observed
2014	5	16,513	observed
2015	10	10,148	observed
2016	7	12,876	observed
2017	6	14,124	observed
2018	5	15,682	observed
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	8	11,231	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Aija” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

No historical attestations or sourced notable bearers are recorded yet. Historical databases are being evaluated for reuse permission; nothing is listed until a record can be cited.

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Aija with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q11850019CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Aija

Aija is a feminine given name documented in French, Dutch, Danish and 2 other languages. English Wiktionary records an etymology for it.

2 source accounts

Etymology in the sources

Source-reported

Sources for this account (5)

Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 1 more accountHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English Wiktionary accountSource-reportedVariant of Eija (compare Laila ~ Leila), or from a pet form of Aili, Aino, Alli, Anja and Arja. First recorded as a formal given name in Finland during…

Variant of Eija (compare Laila ~ Leila), or from a pet form of Aili, Aino, Alli, Anja and Arja. First recorded as a formal given name in Finland during 1890-1894.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Where Aija is used

Explore official naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Aija’s connections around the world.

4 countries with official statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Official statistics

United States, 2022: 8 girls (rank 11231).

Explore United States

4 of 10 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Aija

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 2022: 8; applications; Rank #11,231
Peak year: 2003; 30 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Aija in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	no value	no value	not covered
1887	no value	no value	not covered
1888	no value	no value	not covered
1889	no value	no value	not covered
1890	no value	no value	not covered
1891	no value	no value	not covered
1892	no value	no value	not covered
1893	no value	no value	not covered
1894	no value	no value	not covered
1895	no value	no value	not covered
1896	no value	no value	not covered
1897	no value	no value	not covered
1898	no value	no value	not covered
1899	no value	no value	not covered
1900	no value	no value	not covered
1901	no value	no value	not covered
1902	no value	no value	not covered
1903	no value	no value	not covered
1904	no value	no value	not covered
1905	no value	no value	not covered
1906	no value	no value	not covered
1907	no value	no value	not covered
1908	no value	no value	not covered
1909	no value	no value	not covered
1910	no value	no value	not covered
1911	no value	no value	not covered
1912	no value	no value	not covered
1913	no value	no value	not covered
1914	no value	no value	not covered
1915	no value	no value	not covered
1916	no value	no value	not covered
1917	no value	no value	not covered
1918	no value	no value	not covered
1919	no value	no value	not covered
1920	no value	no value	not covered
1921	no value	no value	not covered
1922	no value	no value	not covered
1923	no value	no value	not covered
1924	no value	no value	not covered
1925	no value	no value	not covered
1926	no value	no value	not covered
1927	no value	no value	not covered
1928	no value	no value	not covered
1929	no value	no value	not covered
1930	no value	no value	not covered
1931	no value	no value	not covered
1932	no value	no value	not covered
1933	no value	no value	not covered
1934	no value	no value	not covered
1935	no value	no value	not covered
1936	no value	no value	not covered
1937	no value	no value	not covered
1938	no value	no value	not covered
1939	no value	no value	not covered
1940	no value	no value	not covered
1941	no value	no value	not covered
1942	no value	no value	not covered
1943	no value	no value	not covered
1944	no value	no value	not covered
1945	no value	no value	not covered
1946	no value	no value	not covered
1947	no value	no value	not covered
1948	no value	no value	not covered
1949	no value	no value	not covered
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	no value	no value	not covered
1952	no value	no value	not covered
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	no value	no value	not covered
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	no value	no value	not covered
1963	no value	no value	not covered
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	no value	no value	not covered
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	5	10,210	observed
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	8	8,391	observed
1989	5	12,362	observed
1990	5	12,958	observed
1991	5	13,147	observed
1992	8	9,491	observed
1993	14	6,264	observed
1994	10	8,122	observed
1995	6	11,783	observed
1996	19	5,065	observed
1997	17	5,626	observed
1998	15	6,360	observed
1999	19	5,424	observed
2000	12	8,027	observed
2001	21	5,364	observed
2002	15	7,045	observed
2003	30	4,307	observed
2004	18	6,489	observed
2005	24	5,266	observed
2006	13	8,715	observed
2007	16	7,733	observed
2008	9	11,599	observed
2009	20	6,544	observed
2010	10	10,451	observed
2011	7	13,347	observed
2012	7	13,483	observed
2013	9	11,000	observed
2014	5	16,513	observed
2015	10	10,148	observed
2016	7	12,876	observed
2017	6	14,124	observed
2018	5	15,682	observed
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	8	11,231	observed
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms6

Wikidata Q11850019CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: AijaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Official statisticsPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Aija

About Aija

Etymology in the sources

Where Aija is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Aia

Aja

Eija

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Aija

About Aija

Etymology in the sources

Where Aija is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Aia

Aja

Eija

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Aija

Etymology in the sources

Where Aija is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Aia

Aja

Eija

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Aija

Etymology in the sources

Where Aija is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Aia

Aja

Eija

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page