Declining since 2020, #14,942 for girls today.
Popularity of Ajna since 2007
Babies named Ajna per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 19 |
| 2010s | 72 |
| 2020s | 40 |
Meaning & origin
Ajna is a modern spiritual name drawn from Sanskrit, referring to the sixth chakra, or third eye, associated with intuition and perception. The name first appeared on U.S. birth records in 2007, and its peak popularity came in 2020, reflecting a broader trend of names with yogic and New Age resonance. Since 2020 its use has declined, and in 2025 it ranked 14,942, with approximately 1 in every 321,453 newborns receiving the name. Ajna remains concentrated among families seeking meaningful, culturally rooted names, though it has not yet broken into widespread use, with no top states indicating a regional stronghold.
Ajna derives from the Sanskrit आज्ञा (ājñā), meaning 'command' or 'perception,' and is the name of the sixth primary chakra (third eye) in Hindu spiritual traditions. The name has been adopted in modern English-speaking contexts as a feminine given name, first recorded in the United States in 2007.
“Ajna” around the world
Where Ajna lands in the latest official birth statistics abroad, matched to the U.S. spelling.
France
5
babies in 2024
Sources: INSEE (France).
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Aji, Aj
Variants: Agya
Sibling names for Ajna
Names that share Ajna's style, for a brother or sister.
