Rahul
#2,285 most common boys' name of all time · #5,502 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1966–2025
Rank among boys
#2,285
Rank overall
#5,502 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
3,332
Since 2016
101
Peak year
2000 #819
Best rank
#819 2000
Girls
Boys
peak 196/yr
Rahul first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,080 |
| 2024 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,194 |
| 2023 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,869 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,889 |
| 2021 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,724 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,770 |
| 2019 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,963 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,446 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,142 |
| 2016 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,636 |
| 2015 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,077 |
| 2014 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,561 |
| 2013 | — | 29 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2012 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2011 | — | 41 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 2010 | — | 57 | 57 | #2,277 |
| 2009 | — | 63 | 63 | #2,152 |
| 2008 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,785 |
| 2007 | — | 93 | 93 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,461 |
| 2005 | — | 128 | 128 | #1,240 |
| 2004 | — | 166 | 166 | #998 |
| 2003 | — | 162 | 162 | #982 |
| 2002 | — | 171 | 171 | #943 |
| 2001 | — | 187 | 187 | #862 |
| 2000 | — | 196 | 196 | #819 |
| 1999 | — | 168 | 168 | #899 |
| 1998 | — | 142 | 142 | #974 |
| 1997 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,037 |
| 1996 | — | 85 | 85 | #1,298 |
| 1995 | — | 90 | 90 | #1,228 |
| 1994 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,158 |
| 1993 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,286 |
| 1992 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,444 |
| 1991 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,225 |
| 1990 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,769 |
| 1989 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,496 |
| 1987 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,269 |
| 1986 | — | 52 | 52 | #1,379 |
| 1985 | — | 51 | 51 | #1,367 |
| 1984 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,527 |
| 1983 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,618 |
| 1982 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,619 |
| 1981 | — | 27 | 27 | #2,028 |
| 1980 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,587 |
| 1979 | — | 22 | 22 | #2,290 |
| 1978 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,468 |
| 1977 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,853 |
| 1976 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,992 |
| 1975 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1974 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,687 |
| 1973 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,298 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,580 |
| 1971 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,267 |
| 1969 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,575 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,520 |