Raj — #4909 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Raj

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,155 babies named Raj between 1950 and 2024, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Raj currently holds the #4909 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 88 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raj performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 587 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Raj shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 258 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Raj in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raj 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 2,155 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.