How Many People Are Named Rajesh?
people named Rajesh are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 542,515 people in the US has this name
Based on 682 babies named Rajesh in Social Security records from 1965 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
43 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "ruler of kings" from Sanskrit เคฐเคพเค (raja) meaning "king" and เคเคถ (isha) meaning "lord, ruler".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rajesh in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Rajesh alive today is about 44 years old, and 89% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 51 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Rajesh first appears in the records in 1965 and was given most often in 1976, to 43 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1965 to 2013
๐ Rank History
Rajesh has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,369, in 1976.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,369 (1976) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,596 in the 1970s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Rajesh alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rajesh were born in New York than in any other state: about 115 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rajesh was given about 8.5 times as often in New York.
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