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.

Suraj

#4,526 most common boys' name of all time · #11,136 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2025

Rank among boys
#4,526
Rank overall
#11,136 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,099
Since 2016
129
Peak year
2003 #2,091
Best rank
#1,941 1995
Girls Boys peak 54/yr
198020002020

Suraj first appears in 1975. 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 — 13 13 #6,563
2024 — 8 8 #9,217
2023 — 7 7 #10,018
2022 — 7 7 #10,071
2021 — 7 7 #9,989
2020 — 14 14 #6,103
2019 — 16 16 #5,664
2018 — 24 24 #4,281
2017 — 17 17 #5,380
2016 — 16 16 #5,656
2015 — 16 16 #5,602
2014 — 13 13 #6,426
2013 — 28 28 #3,703
2012 — 26 26 #3,952
2011 — 24 24 #4,154
2010 — 20 20 #4,750
2009 — 27 27 #3,867
2008 — 21 21 #4,614
2007 — 27 27 #3,847
2006 — 28 28 #3,648
2005 — 48 48 #2,418
2004 — 45 45 #2,475
2003 — 54 54 #2,091
2002 — 45 45 #2,321
2001 — 35 35 #2,722
2000 — 48 48 #2,122
1999 — 42 42 #2,226
1998 — 36 36 #2,431
1997 — 35 35 #2,384
1996 — 37 37 #2,242
1995 — 44 44 #1,941
1994 — 33 33 #2,382
1993 — 25 25 #2,845
1992 — 26 26 #2,730
1991 — 25 25 #2,740
1990 — 18 18 #3,429
1989 — 17 17 #3,423
1988 — 15 15 #3,487
1987 — 14 14 #3,487
1986 — 9 9 #4,742
1985 — 7 7 #5,591
1984 — 10 10 #4,152
1983 — 10 10 #4,090
1982 — 9 9 #4,526
1981 — 10 10 #4,107
1980 — 5 5 #6,931
1979 — 10 10 #4,037
1978 — 7 7 #4,973
1977 — 9 9 #4,127
1976 — 5 5 #6,237
1975 — 7 7 #4,786