Recorded 1997–2018 Boys' name Peak 2003 62 births

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.

1990s102000s242010s28
2010s
Peak decade

45% of everyone ever named Balraj was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

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 2018

Total births

62

Since 1997

22 years of records

Peak year

2003

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1997

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2018

Balraj popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1997

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2003)
9
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
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Balraj by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
28 births that decade — 45% of Balraj's all-time total
1990s102000s242010s28

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Balraj?
62 babies have been named Balraj since 1997. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2003 with 9 births.
When was Balraj most popular?
Balraj was most popular in the 2010s decade with 28 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Balraj been used?
Balraj has been recorded in Social Security data since 1997, spanning 22 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Balraj?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baltazar, Baldemar, Ballard, Baldomero, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.