Raj
#4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · boys
- 2003 · 88 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,176since 1950
Raj over time
Rank among boys' names. Raj has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,539 | 22 |
| 2024 | #4,890 | 20 |
| 2023 | #4,002 | 27 |
| 2022 | #4,184 | 25 |
| 2021 | #3,427 | 33 |
| 2020 | #4,275 | 23 |
| 2019 | #3,571 | 31 |
| 2018 | #3,891 | 27 |
| 2017 | #3,249 | 35 |
| 2016 | #4,327 | 23 |
| 2015 | #2,966 | 39 |
| 2014 | #2,805 | 42 |
| 2013 | #2,715 | 43 |
| 2012 | #2,811 | 42 |
| 2011 | #2,547 | 48 |
| 2010 | #2,826 | 42 |
| 2009 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #3,486 | 31 |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 45 |
| 2006 | #2,932 | 38 |
| 2005 | #1,983 | 63 |
| 2004 | #1,785 | 70 |
| 2003 | #1,478 | 88 |
| 2002 | #1,851 | 61 |
| 2001 | #1,600 | 74 |
| 2000 | #1,564 | 76 |
| 1999 | #1,858 | 53 |
| 1998 | #1,666 | 62 |
| 1997 | #1,859 | 50 |
| 1996 | #1,533 | 65 |
| 1995 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | #2,259 | 35 |
| 1993 | #1,933 | 42 |
| 1992 | #1,778 | 47 |
| 1991 | #1,632 | 51 |
| 1990 | #1,809 | 43 |
| 1989 | #2,154 | 32 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #1,829 | 35 |
| 1986 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #1,656 | 35 |
| 1983 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #2,111 | 25 |
| 1981 | #1,942 | 28 |
| 1980 | #1,726 | 33 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | #1,834 | 28 |
| 1977 | #1,948 | 25 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,361 | 18 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #1,871 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #1,889 | 22 |
| 1969 | #2,308 | 14 |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #3,640 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Raj! It came in at #3,681, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1950–1961, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Raj is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#381 · 1 in 3,244
- Pennsylvania#888 · 1 in 13,343
- Georgia#976 · 1 in 10,317
- Illinois#1,156 · 1 in 16,066
- California#1,384 · 1 in 27,036
Best ever in a state: #342 in New Jersey, 2000.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #381 | 15 | 1 in 3,244 |
| Pennsylvania | #888 | 5 | 1 in 13,343 |
| Georgia | #976 | 5 | 1 in 10,317 |
| Illinois | #1,156 | 5 | 1 in 16,066 |
| California | #1,384 | 9 | 1 in 27,036 |
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See more about Raj
- 351 spots since 2024 (#4,890 → #4,539)
- 264 spots since 2020 (#4,275 → #4,539)
- 1,573 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #4,539)
- Debuted 1950
- Peaked 2003 at #1,478 (88 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,447 boys born in 2003 were named Raj (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 27.0% of all boys named Raj (587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1950s | 5 | #3,681 (1950) | #3,681 |
| 1960s | 78 | #2,114 (1964) | #2,847 |
| 1970s | 196 | #1,834 (1978) | #2,279 |
| 1980s | 292 | #1,656 (1984) | #2,007 |
| 1990s | 496 | #1,533 (1996) | #1,813 |
| 2000s | 587 | #1,478 (2003) | #2,226 |
| 2010s | 372 | #2,547 (2011) | #3,171 |
| 2020s | 150 | #3,427 (2021) | #4,220 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Raj in 1998
Top boys' names in 1998
More about 1998
boys
1,911,366 boys got a published name in 1998; 1 in 30,828 of them was named Raj, which outranked 85.3% of the 11,311 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,642Terron63
- #1,642Theo63
- #1,642Yonatan63
- #1,666Raj62
- #1,666Anson62
- #1,666Boris62
- #1,666Brando62
- #1,680Amani61
- #1,680Brigham61
- #1,680Cy61
Tied with 13 names at #1,666; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.