Recorded 1967–2013 Boys' name Peak 1979 504 births

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.

1960s191970s1641980s1241990s912000s862010s20
1970s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Rajeev was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

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 2013

Total births

504

Since 1967

47 years of records

Peak year

1979

26 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

1967

Recorded for 47 years

Last year on file: 2013

Rajeev popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1967

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (1979)
26
Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
051015202530 201320051999199319871981197519691967 6

Rajeev by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
164 births that decade — 33% of Rajeev's all-time total
1960s191970s1641980s1241990s912000s862010s20

Rajeev by state

Where Rajeev concentrates geographically — total births since 1967

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rajeev
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
25 5.0%
New York share of Rajeev's total US births 5.0%

25 of 504 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rajeev?
504 babies have been named Rajeev since 1967. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 1979 with 26 births.
When was Rajeev most popular?
Rajeev was most popular in the 1970s decade with 164 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Rajeev most popular?
The top states for the name Rajeev are New York (25 births).
How long has the name Rajeev been used?
Rajeev has been recorded in Social Security data since 1967, spanning 47 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Rajeev?
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, 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.