Rajah**
#6,427 most common boys' name of all time · #16,095 across all names · 72% male / 28% female · used 1951–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#6,427
Rank overall
#16,095 of 105,966
First appeared
1951
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
618
Since 2016
152
Peak year
1994 #2,987
Best rank
#2,987 1994
Girls
Boys
peak 44/yr
Rajah first appears in 1951. 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 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,865 |
| 2024 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,991 |
| 2022 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,357 |
| 2021 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,175 |
| 2020 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,288 |
| 2019 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,619 |
| 2018 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #5,819 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,123 |
| 2016 | 9 | 14 | 23 | #6,118 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,862 |
| 2014 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,154 |
| 2013 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #7,125 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,778 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11 | 17 | #7,101 |
| 2010 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,676 |
| 2009 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #7,321 |
| 2008 | 8 | 5 | 13 | #12,858 |
| 2007 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,325 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #6,176 |
| 2005 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2004 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #11,657 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,356 |
| 2002 | 7 | 15 | 22 | #4,978 |
| 2001 | 13 | 9 | 22 | #7,070 |
| 2000 | 11 | 11 | 22 | #6,024 |
| 1999 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #10,226 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | 24 | #5,238 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #7,462 |
| 1996 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,216 |
| 1995 | 17 | 7 | 24 | #7,203 |
| 1994 | 20 | 24 | 44 | #2,987 |
| 1993 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #7,044 |
| 1992 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,862 |
| 1991 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,741 |
| 1990 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,638 |
| 1989 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,270 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,331 |
| 1986 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,117 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,025 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,117 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,253 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,066 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,152 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,427 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,367 |
| 1970 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,731 |
| 1951 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,239 |