Rajan — #6526 US boys' name
1,027 babies named Rajan in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
26% of everyone ever named Rajan was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Rajan in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rajan
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,027 babies named Rajan between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rajan currently holds the #6526 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rajan performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 266 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rajan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 170 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Rajan in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rajan 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 1,027 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.
Rajan at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rajan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (2007)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #6526 among boys.
1,027 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 35 births in a single year.
Rajan by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 266 births that decade — 26% of Rajan's all-time total
Rajan decade highlights
- Peak decade 266 births
- Runner-up 236 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rajan's strongest decade
266 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Rajan by state
Where Rajan concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 170 | 16.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 11 | 1.1% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
170 of 1,027 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.6% of nationwide
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.