Unisex name · since 1951
Rajah
443 babies named Rajah in U.S. Social Security records since 1951, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,847 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 443
- born since 1951
- 2010s
- peak decade
443 babies have been named Rajah since 1951, making it today's #9847 unisex name.
Rajah has 443 recorded births among boys since 1951, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #9847 as of the latest data, more common than 29% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1951 to 2025.
- #8,487 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,847 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 443 born since 1951
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rajah ranks #8,487 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,847 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 443 born since 1951, peaking in the 2010s.
- #8,487 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,847 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 443
- born since 1951
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rajah's 443 recorded births place it above 81.33% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rajah compares
443 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rajah's all-time total is 20% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rajah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 443 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rajah splits its recorded history at 2001: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1951 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 24 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rajah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1951–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 75 years of records
Rajah popularity over time - girls
175 total births recorded since 1991 (Rajah as girls' name)
Rajah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (123 births, 28% of the file).
2010s was Rajah's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Rajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 32
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
89 births
- 2000s
2000s
89 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
70 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rajah's data
- Rajah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (123 total births) through the 2020s (70) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~74 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1951–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rajah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.