Rajiv — boys' name

What the Data Says About Rajiv

The Social Security Administration has registered 820 babies named Rajiv between 1962 and 2019, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rajiv currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rajiv performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 272 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rajiv shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 92 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Rajiv in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rajiv 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 820 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.