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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Raj

Raj was the 4671st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 1489th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,659 places. More babies were named Raj in the 2000s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,671 boys, down 283 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
22boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
200388 babies
Total since 1880
2,176babies recorded

Raj popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#4,67122
2020#4,38823
2010#2,85942
2000#1,57176
1990#1,83343
1980#1,75733
1970#1,92122
1960——
1950#4,0835
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Raj, counting every spelling?

Raj has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Raj?

22 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Raj (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Raj born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 381 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Raj.

Chance of another Raj in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Raj?

About 2,100 people born in the US named Raj are alive today, with a median age of 26; half are between 17 and 36. That makes Raj mostly worn by children and young adults.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Raj by state

How common Raj was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Raj, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Raj: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Raj, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Raj

How popular is the name Raj?

Raj was the 4671st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 22 babies. Its best year was 2003, when it ranked 1489th with 88 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,659 places. More babies were named Raj in the 2000s than in any other decade.

Is Raj a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Raj in the US.

Where is Raj most popular?

In 2021–2025, Raj was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Texas.