Rajeev — boys' name
504 babies named Rajeev in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Rajeev was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Rajeev in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rajeev
The Social Security Administration has registered 504 babies named Rajeev between 1967 and 2013, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rajeev currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rajeev performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 164 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rajeev shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rajeev in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rajeev 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 504 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.
Rajeev at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rajeev popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1967
- Peak year (1979)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
504 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 26 births in a single year.
Rajeev by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 164 births that decade — 33% of Rajeev's all-time total
Rajeev decade highlights
- Peak decade 164 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rajeev's strongest decade
164 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Rajeev by state
Where Rajeev concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 25 | 5.0% |
25 of 504 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.0% 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, 1967–2013 (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.