Viraj
#1,333 for boys in 2025, 144 births
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 183 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,937since 1982
Viraj over time
Rank among boys' names. Viraj 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 | #1,333 | 144 |
| 2024 | #1,145 | 183 |
| 2023 | #1,397 | 132 |
| 2022 | #1,457 | 124 |
| 2021 | #1,424 | 128 |
| 2020 | #1,503 | 112 |
| 2019 | #1,564 | 107 |
| 2018 | #1,717 | 91 |
| 2017 | #1,541 | 106 |
| 2016 | #1,641 | 97 |
| 2015 | #1,753 | 87 |
| 2014 | #2,542 | 48 |
| 2013 | #2,225 | 58 |
| 2012 | #2,448 | 51 |
| 2011 | #2,748 | 43 |
| 2010 | #3,453 | 31 |
| 2009 | #2,847 | 42 |
| 2008 | #5,067 | 18 |
| 2007 | #4,493 | 21 |
| 2006 | #4,001 | 24 |
| 2005 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | #3,636 | 25 |
| 2003 | #3,976 | 21 |
| 2002 | #4,044 | 20 |
| 2001 | #3,842 | 21 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #3,704 | 20 |
| 1998 | #3,708 | 19 |
| 1997 | #4,059 | 16 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #5,928 | 9 |
| 1994 | #4,537 | 13 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
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| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
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| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Viraj! It came in at #5,619, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Viraj is popular in 2017
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#773 · 1 in 5,301
- New Jersey#867 · 1 in 6,809
- California#960 · 1 in 9,379
- Virginia#963 · 1 in 8,150
- Michigan#1,106 · 1 in 9,285
Best ever in a state: #417 in New Jersey, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Maryland | #773 | 5 | 1 in 5,301 |
| New Jersey | #867 | 6 | 1 in 6,809 |
| California | #960 | 23 | 1 in 9,379 |
| Virginia | #963 | 5 | 1 in 8,150 |
| Michigan | #1,106 | 5 | 1 in 9,285 |
| Illinois | #1,322 | 5 | 1 in 12,386 |
| New York | #1,430 | 7 | 1 in 13,936 |
| Texas | #1,524 | 10 | 1 in 17,617 |
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See more about Viraj
- 188 spots since 2024 (#1,145 → #1,333)
- 170 spots since 2020 (#1,503 → #1,333)
- 420 spots since 2015 (#1,753 → #1,333)
- Debuted 1982
- Peaked 2024 at #1,145 (183 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 9,415 boys born in 2024 were named Viraj (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,862 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 42.5% of all boys named Viraj (823) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 31 | #5,561 (1984) | #5,924 |
| 1990s | 123 | #3,704 (1999) | #5,157 |
| 2000s | 241 | #2,847 (2009) | #3,935 |
| 2010s | 719 | #1,541 (2017) | #2,163 |
| 2020s | 823 | #1,145 (2024) | #1,377 |
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.
Viraj in 2017
Top boys' names in 2017
More about 2017
boys
1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 17,462 of them was named Viraj, which outranked 89.2% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,530Linden107
- #1,530Tru107
- #1,530Zakariya107
- #1,541Viraj106
- #1,541Aizen106
- #1,541Arvin106
- #1,541Carsyn106
- #1,554Antwan105
- #1,554Avyan105
- #1,554Coby105
Tied with 12 names at #1,541; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.