Rahul — #11109 US boys' name
3,324 babies named Rahul in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
41% of everyone ever named Rahul was born in this single decade.
196 babies were named Rahul in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rahul
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,324 babies named Rahul between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rahul currently holds the #11109 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 196 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rahul performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rahul shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 597 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Rahul in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rahul 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 3,324 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.
Rahul at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rahul popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2000)
- 196
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #11109 among boys.
3,324 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 196 births in a single year.
Rahul by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 1,355 births that decade — 41% of Rahul's all-time total
Rahul decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,355 births
- Runner-up 977 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rahul's strongest decade
1,355 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Rahul by state
Where Rahul concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 597 | 18.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 354 | 10.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 332 | 10.0% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 179 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 136 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 89 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 62 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 46 | 1.4% |
597 of 3,324 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 10.6% of nationwide
- New York 10.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.4% of nationwide
- Texas 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 17 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rahul appears in 17 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1966–2024 (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.