How rare is the name Rahul?

10,064 people in the United States have the first name Rahul, about 1 in 30,011. It ranks #2,457 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAHUL

#2,457

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,064
About
1 in 30,011
This common or more
79.8%
Who bears it

Of the 10,064 people named Rahul, 94.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.5% as White and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rahul peaked in 2000, when 196 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
196
In 2025*
8 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,332 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rahul by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,685. The largest share of babies named Rahul, 57.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#13,71613
1970s#4,812236
1980s#3,726442
1990s#2,707977
2000s#2,6851,355
2010s#8,868258
2020s#17,86451
Generation X 1965–808.6%
Millennials 1981–9628.4%
Generation Z 1997–1257.7%
2013 and later5.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rahul is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rahul has been most common in New Jersey (6.4×), California (3×), and New York (2.2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.38×).

1,969 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rahul

#2,455 Dolly · 10,079#2,456 Marlen · 10,077#2,458 Karly · 10,043#2,459 Gracelyn · 10,027

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rahul, most common first.

#430 Raul · 131,547#6,394 Raoul · 2,515#6,916 Rahel · 2,263#13,768 Rahil · 870

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