Balraj — boys' name
62 babies named Balraj in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Balraj was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Balraj in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Balraj
The Social Security Administration has registered 62 babies named Balraj between 1997 and 2018, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Balraj currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Balraj performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 28 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Balraj shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Balraj in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 62 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Balraj at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Balraj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1997
- Peak year (2003)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
62 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 9 births in a single year.
Balraj by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 28 births that decade — 45% of Balraj's all-time total
Balraj decade highlights
- Peak decade 28 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Balraj's strongest decade
28 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.