Raja
Raja was the 6361st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2669th with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 434 places. More babies were named Raja in the 2000s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,361 boys, up 184 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- 17% girls, 83% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200136 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,240babies recorded
Raja popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | #6,361 | — | 14 |
| 2020 | #13,158 | #6,545 | 7 | 13 |
| 2010 | — | #5,677 | — | 16 |
| 2000 | #7,484 | #4,739 | 14 | 16 |
| 1990 | #14,636 | #6,275 | 5 | 8 |
| 1980 | #10,009 | #3,386 | 6 | 13 |
| 1970 | — | #3,751 | — | 8 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Raja, counting every spelling?
Raja is the most common spelling of a name family that had 21 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raja | 14 | #6,361 | 82 |
| Rajah | 7 | #10,433 | 53 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Raja?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Raja (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Raja 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 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Raja.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Raja?
About 800 people born in the US named Raja are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 13 and 33. That makes Raja mostly worn by children and young adults.
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.
Raja by state
How common Raja was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Raja: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Raja, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Raja
How popular is the name Raja?
Raja was the 6361st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 2001, when it ranked 2669th with 36 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 434 places. More babies were named Raja in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Raja a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 17% girls, 83% boys given the name Raja in the US.
Where is Raja most popular?
In 2021–2025, Raja was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 boys).