Recorded 1980–2008 Boys' name Peak 1981 35 births

Rajai — boys' name

35 babies named Rajai in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s222000s13
1980s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Rajai was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

13 babies were named Rajai in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rajai

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Rajai between 1980 and 2008, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rajai currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rajai performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rajai shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rajai 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 35 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.

Rajai at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

35

Since 1980

29 years of records

Peak year

1981

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1980

Recorded for 29 years

Last year on file: 2008

Rajai popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1980

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1981)
13
Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
468101214 2008200319811980 9

Rajai by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
22 births that decade — 63% of Rajai's all-time total
1980s222000s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rajai?
35 babies have been named Rajai since 1980. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1981 with 13 births.
When was Rajai most popular?
Rajai was most popular in the 1980s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Rajai been used?
Rajai has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 29 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Rajai?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Raj, Rajan, Raja, Rajiv, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1980–2008 (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.