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.

Rajan

#4,703 most common boys' name of all time · #11,580 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1966–2025

Rank among boys
#4,703
Rank overall
#11,580 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
59 of 146
All-time
1,038
Since 2016
108
Peak year
2007 #3,212
Best rank
#2,323 1981
Girls Boys peak 35/yr
198020002020

Rajan 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 11 11 #7,312
2024 — 13 13 #6,566
2023 — 8 8 #9,100
2022 — 5 5 #12,659
2021 — 11 11 #7,201
2020 — 9 9 #8,207
2019 — 8 8 #9,093
2018 — 8 8 #8,976
2017 — 17 17 #5,361
2016 — 18 18 #5,182
2015 — 14 14 #6,078
2014 — 14 14 #6,077
2013 — 27 27 #3,782
2012 — 19 19 #4,918
2011 — 27 27 #3,824
2010 — 17 17 #5,323
2009 — 31 31 #3,507
2008 — 26 26 #3,966
2007 — 35 35 #3,212
2006 — 27 27 #3,727
2005 — 27 27 #3,558
2004 — 28 28 #3,409
2003 — 24 24 #3,668
2002 — 29 29 #3,141
2001 — 18 18 #4,365
2000 — 21 21 #3,839
1999 — 28 28 #2,988
1998 — 29 29 #2,819
1997 — 28 28 #2,792
1996 — 21 21 #3,338
1995 — 26 26 #2,801
1994 — 26 26 #2,811
1993 — 21 21 #3,197
1992 — 21 21 #3,169
1991 — 17 17 #3,557
1990 — 19 19 #3,252
1989 — 16 16 #3,554
1988 — 15 15 #3,461
1987 — 13 13 #3,638
1986 — 18 18 #2,844
1985 — 15 15 #3,160
1984 — 18 18 #2,674
1983 — 16 16 #2,872
1982 — 18 18 #2,678
1981 — 22 22 #2,323
1980 — 18 18 #2,704
1979 — 14 14 #3,125
1978 — 16 16 #2,769
1977 — 14 14 #2,998
1976 — 11 11 #3,414
1975 — 9 9 #3,856
1974 — 14 14 #2,776
1973 — 13 13 #2,834
1972 — 14 14 #2,645
1971 — 7 7 #4,287
1970 — 9 9 #3,489
1969 — 7 7 #3,901
1967 — 8 8 #3,225
1966 — 5 5 #4,521