Niraj — boys' name

What the Data Says About Niraj

The Social Security Administration has registered 331 babies named Niraj between 1970 and 2019, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Niraj currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Niraj performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Niraj 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 Niraj in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Niraj 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 331 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.