Raja
Raja is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200136 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1967
- 1,226people given the name
The story in the numbers
850 boys have been named Raja in the United States since 1967, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 36 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 28%.
Raja is used for both sexes: 31% of its bearers are girls (376), most of them born around 1998.
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Raja was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2001 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Raja
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Gamalielpeak 2004
- Sameerpeak 2005
- Ahmadpeak 2001
- Moisespeak 2001
- Nathanaelpeak 2000
- Estebanpeak 2005
- Damienpeak 2007
- Ianpeak 2005
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.