Neeraj — boys' name

What the Data Says About Neeraj

The Social Security Administration has registered 327 babies named Neeraj between 1970 and 2017, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Neeraj currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Neeraj performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Neeraj shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Neeraj in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Neeraj 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 327 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.