Suraj
#6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Peak · boys
- 1995 · 44 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,099since 1975
Suraj over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Suraj has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,823 | 7 |
| 2021 | #9,714 | 7 |
| 2020 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2018 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #5,297 | 17 |
| 2016 | #5,555 | 16 |
| 2015 | #5,507 | 16 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #3,661 | 28 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,110 | 24 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #3,831 | 27 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #3,793 | 27 |
| 2006 | #3,602 | 28 |
| 2005 | #2,399 | 48 |
| 2004 | #2,452 | 45 |
| 2003 | #2,077 | 54 |
| 2002 | #2,295 | 45 |
| 2001 | #2,681 | 35 |
| 2000 | #2,087 | 48 |
| 1999 | #2,199 | 42 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,347 | 35 |
| 1996 | #2,218 | 37 |
| 1995 | #1,914 | 44 |
| 1994 | #2,347 | 33 |
| 1993 | #2,786 | 25 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,683 | 25 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,325 | 17 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #4,309 | 7 |
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First appearance
1975
The first year at least five boys were named Suraj! It came in at #4,309, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1976, when fewer than 8 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 2,541 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #6,446)
- 466 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #6,446)
- 939 spots since 2015 (#5,507 → #6,446)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1995 at #1,914 (44 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 36,581
- Highest: 1 in 36,581 boys born in 2003 were named Suraj (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,914 in 1995, was only 1 in 43,266 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 34.4% of all boys named Suraj (378) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 38 | #3,810 (1979) | #4,419 |
| 1980s | 106 | #3,325 (1989) | #4,177 |
| 1990s | 321 | #1,914 (1995) | #2,487 |
| 2000s | 378 | #2,077 (2003) | #2,976 |
| 2010s | 200 | #3,661 (2013) | #4,879 |
| 2020s | 56 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,452 |
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.
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