How rare is the name Raj?

7,427 people in the United States have the first name Raj, about 1 in 40,667. It ranks #3,015 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAJ

#3,015

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,427
About
1 in 40,667
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,427 people named Raj, 86.8% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.5% as White and 4.1% as two or more races. 88.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Raj peaked in 2003, when 88 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19502025
Peak year
2003
Births that year
88
In 2025*
22 ▼75%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,176 babies have been given the name since 1950. 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.

Raj by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #4,272. The largest share of babies named Raj, 40.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1950s#14,8235
1960s#7,39778
1970s#5,424196
1980s#4,935292
1990s#4,272496
2000s#4,812587
2010s#6,880372
2020s#8,923150
Baby boom 1946–641.5%
Generation X 1965–8012.9%
Millennials 1981–9627.1%
Generation Z 1997–1240.6%
2013 and later17.9%

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.

Either side of Raj

#3,013 Jamil · 7,428#3,013 Ping · 7,428#3,016 Roseanne · 7,426#3,017 Zelda · 7,424

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,003 Raja · 3,542#8,098 Raju · 1,813#14,944 Raji · 779#25,276 Raz · 376#26,834 Ras · 345

Also a last name

As a last name, Raj ranks #7,826 of 156,621, with 4,063 people. See Raj as a last name

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