How Many People Are Named Suraj?
people named Suraj are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 318,829 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,099 babies named Suraj in Social Security records from 1975 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
54 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "sun" in several northern Indian languages, derived from Sanskrit เคธเฅเคฐเฅเคฏ (surya).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Suraj in the records were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Suraj alive today is about 23 years old, and 72% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 30 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Suraj first appears in the records in 1975 and was given most often in 2003, to 54 babies. In 2025, 13 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1975 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Suraj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,945, in 1995. In 2025 it ranked #6,751.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,751 |
| Best rank | #1,945 (1995) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,806 in the 2000s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Suraj alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Suraj were born in California than in any other state: about 134 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Suraj was given 6.6 times as often in New Jersey, 4.2 times in New York and 3.4 times in California.
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