Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Raj

#2,981 most common boys' name of all time · #7,224 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1950–2025

Rank among boys
#2,981
Rank overall
#7,224 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
65 of 146
All-time
2,176
Since 2016
266
Peak year
2003 #1,487
Best rank
#1,487 2003
Girls Boys peak 88/yr
1960198020002020

Raj first appears in 1950. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 22 22 #4,570
2024 — 20 20 #4,934
2023 — 27 27 #4,035
2022 — 25 25 #4,215
2021 — 33 33 #3,452
2020 — 23 23 #4,320
2019 — 31 31 #3,588
2018 — 27 27 #3,918
2017 — 35 35 #3,264
2016 — 23 23 #4,358
2015 — 39 39 #2,989
2014 — 42 42 #2,825
2013 — 43 43 #2,729
2012 — 42 42 #2,836
2011 — 48 48 #2,563
2010 — 42 42 #2,842
2009 — 41 41 #2,912
2008 — 31 31 #3,503
2007 — 45 45 #2,701
2006 — 38 38 #2,945
2005 — 63 63 #1,991
2004 — 70 70 #1,793
2003 — 88 88 #1,487
2002 — 61 61 #1,858
2001 — 74 74 #1,606
2000 — 76 76 #1,569
1999 — 53 53 #1,867
1998 — 62 62 #1,671
1997 — 50 50 #1,875
1996 — 65 65 #1,539
1995 — 48 48 #1,823
1994 — 35 35 #2,280
1993 — 42 42 #1,950
1992 — 47 47 #1,793
1991 — 51 51 #1,644
1990 — 43 43 #1,823
1989 — 32 32 #2,178
1988 — 26 26 #2,337
1987 — 35 35 #1,848
1986 — 31 31 #1,949
1985 — 24 24 #2,256
1984 — 35 35 #1,679
1983 — 23 23 #2,248
1982 — 25 25 #2,143
1981 — 28 28 #1,977
1980 — 33 33 #1,749
1979 — 19 19 #2,533
1978 — 28 28 #1,860
1977 — 25 25 #1,986
1976 — 24 24 #2,034
1975 — 18 18 #2,420
1974 — 12 12 #3,051
1973 — 23 23 #1,913
1972 — 13 13 #2,762
1971 — 12 12 #2,927
1970 — 22 22 #1,932
1969 — 14 14 #2,389
1968 — 9 9 #3,050
1967 — 9 9 #2,926
1966 — 9 9 #2,943
1965 — 10 10 #2,746
1964 — 15 15 #2,201
1963 — 6 6 #3,953
1962 — 6 6 #3,938
1950 — 5 5 #4,182