Boys' name · since 1962
Rajiv
Rajiv has 820 recorded births since 1962 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1985 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,816 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 820
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rajiv is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 820 have been recorded since 1962.
Rajiv has 820 recorded births among boys since 1962, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 2019.
- #5,816 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 820 born since 1962
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rajiv ranks #5,816 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 820 born since 1962, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,816 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 820
- born since 1962
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rajiv's 820 recorded births place it above 87.21% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Rajiv's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rajiv's full recorded timeline at 1990, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1962, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1985 peak of 60 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rajiv popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–2019
- Peak year (1985)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Rajiv by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (272 births, 33% of the file).
1980s was Rajiv's strongest decade.
272 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Rajiv births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 51
1960s
51 births
- 1970s
1970s
134 births
- 1980s
1980s
272 births
- 1990s
1990s
190 births
- 2000s
2000s
121 births
- 2010s 52
2010s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 272 births (33% of all-time use).
How Rajiv compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Rajiv's total volume
Rajiv by state
Where Rajiv concentrates geographically, total births since 1962
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 92 | 11.2% |
| #2 | California | | 69 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Texas | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.6% |
92 of 820 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Rajiv's decade-level peak was the 1980s (272 total births); usage has since declined to 52 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Rajivs (92 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rajiv: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~57 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1962–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rajiv draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.