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Raj: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 22 in 2025. Its best rank was #1,489 in 2003.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #1,489 in 2003; #4,671 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Raj in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,671 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2003, at #1,489.
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Raj: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 22 boys in 2025. Peak: #1,489 in 2003 · most boys in one year: 88 (2003).
In 2025, 22 US boys were named Raj, making it the 4,671st most common boys’ name of the year, up 342 places from #5,013 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 20 boys named Raj in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #1,489, reached in 2003. That year also had the most boys given the name: 88. For comparison, it was #3,012 in 2015 and #4,083 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Raj in 65 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1950 with 5 babies. In all, 2,176 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 587 babies named Raj.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 266 US boys were named Raj; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 35. In 2025 that was about 1 in 77,640 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 22 | #4,671 |
| 2024 | — | — | 20 | #5,013 |
| 2023 | — | — | 27 | #4,087 |
| 2022 | — | — | 25 | #4,270 |
| 2021 | — | — | 33 | #3,475 |
| 2020 | — | — | 23 | #4,388 |
| 2019 | — | — | 31 | #3,617 |
| 2018 | — | — | 27 | #3,969 |
| 2017 | — | — | 35 | #3,295 |
| 2016 | — | — | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2015 | — | — | 39 | #3,012 |
| 2014 | — | — | 42 | #2,837 |
| 2013 | — | — | 43 | #2,752 |
| 2012 | — | — | 42 | #2,859 |
| 2011 | — | — | 48 | #2,581 |
| 2010 | — | — | 42 | #2,859 |
| 2009 | — | — | 41 | #2,936 |
| 2008 | — | — | 31 | #3,548 |
| 2007 | — | — | 45 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | — | — | 38 | #2,969 |
| 2005 | — | — | 63 | #2,002 |
| 2004 | — | — | 70 | #1,800 |
| 2003 | — | — | 88 | #1,489 |
| 2002 | — | — | 61 | #1,862 |
| 2001 | — | — | 74 | #1,613 |
| 2000 | — | — | 76 | #1,571 |
| 1999 | — | — | 53 | #1,874 |
| 1998 | — | — | 62 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | — | — | 50 | #1,878 |
| 1996 | — | — | 65 | #1,548 |
| 1995 | — | — | 48 | #1,827 |
| 1994 | — | — | 35 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | — | — | 42 | #1,961 |
| 1992 | — | — | 47 | #1,796 |
| 1991 | — | — | 51 | #1,647 |
| 1990 | — | — | 43 | #1,833 |
| 1989 | — | — | 32 | #2,191 |
| 1988 | — | — | 26 | #2,343 |
| 1987 | — | — | 35 | #1,860 |
| 1986 | — | — | 31 | #1,953 |
| 1985 | — | — | 24 | #2,277 |
| 1984 | — | — | 35 | #1,681 |
| 1983 | — | — | 23 | #2,256 |
| 1982 | — | — | 25 | #2,153 |
| 1981 | — | — | 28 | #1,978 |
| 1980 | — | — | 33 | #1,757 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,537 |
| 1978 | — | — | 28 | #1,859 |
| 1977 | — | — | 25 | #1,992 |
| 1976 | — | — | 24 | #2,037 |
| 1975 | — | — | 18 | #2,426 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #3,081 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,914 |
| 1972 | — | — | 13 | #2,789 |
| 1971 | — | — | 12 | #2,936 |
| 1970 | — | — | 22 | #1,921 |
| 1969 | — | — | 14 | #2,388 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #3,048 |
| 1967 | — | — | 9 | #2,934 |
| 1966 | — | — | 9 | #2,930 |
| 1965 | — | — | 10 | #2,731 |
| 1964 | — | — | 15 | #2,181 |
| 1963 | — | — | 6 | #3,936 |
| 1962 | — | — | 6 | #3,936 |
| 1950 | — | — | 5 | #4,083 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).