How Many People Are Named Raj?
people named Raj are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 163,065 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,176 babies named Raj in Social Security records from 1950 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
88 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "empire, royalty", from Sanskrit เคฐเคพเคเฅเคฏ (rajya).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Raj in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Raj alive today is about 26 years old, and 63% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 35 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Raj first appears in the records in 1950 and was given most often in 2003, to 88 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1950 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Raj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,486, in 2003. In 2025 it ranked #4,670.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,670 |
| Best rank | #1,486 (2003) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,110 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Raj alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Raj were born in California than in any other state: about 250 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Raj was given 9.1 times as often in New Jersey, 2.4 times in California and 2.3 times in Illinois.
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