Suraj

Where Suraj comes from

Hindi सूरज (sūraj, “the sun”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Suraj
  • Hindi
Along the way
  1. 1975
    First appearance
    #4,309 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Peak, #1,914
    44 babies named Suraj — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2008
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,540.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hindi used by Hindus.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Suraj hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.