How Many People Are Named Viraj?

1,918

people named Viraj are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 178,198 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,937 babies named Viraj in Social Security records from 1982 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,933

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,582

See the top 100

Peak Year

2024

183 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Indian, Marathi, Gujarati
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Modern form of VIRAJA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

Viraja

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Viraj in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Viraj alive today is about 9 years old, and 96% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 13 in 2025.

Under 30 1,837
95.8%
30 to 59 81
4.2%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Viraj first appears in the records in 1982 and was given most often in 2024, to 183 babies. In 2025, 144 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1982 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Viraj has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,150, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #1,338.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,338
Best rank#1,150 (2024)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,346 in the 2020s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Viraj alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Viraj were born in California than in any other state: about 366 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Viraj was given 5 times as often in New Jersey, 2.9 times in California and 2.8 times in Washington.

California 366
Texas 160
New Jersey 131
Washington 62
Illinois 61
New York 56
Virginia 41
Georgia 38
Pennsylvania 22
North Carolina 14
Michigan 11
Florida 11
Ohio 11
Maryland 5
Connecticut 5

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