How Many People Are Named Rahul?
people named Rahul are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 105,848 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,332 babies named Rahul in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
196 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "able, efficient" in Sanskrit. This was the name of a son of Gautama Buddha.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rahul in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rahul alive today is about 27 years old, and 66% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 33 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rahul first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 2000, to 196 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rahul has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #816, in 2000. In 2025 it ranked #9,494.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,494 |
| Best rank | #816 (2000) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,177 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rahul alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rahul were born in California than in any other state: about 582 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rahul was given 6.6 times as often in New Jersey, 2.6 times in New York and 2.2 times in California.
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