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Raja

#6,357 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Raja has been given to 1,240 babies in the U.S. since 1967. In 2025 it ranked #6,357 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2001, with 36 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 70% boys, 30% girls all-time.

Babies named Raja, 2025

1 in 237,000

Raja over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
01020304018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Raja over time

In 2025, Raja went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19672025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Raja: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Raja means

Raja has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Raja

One of the source’s documented entries for Raja records a meaning of hope.

One of the source’s documented entries for Raja records a meaning of king, ruler.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 864 boys were recorded with the name Raja between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 36 in 2001; its best national rank was #2,664 in 2001.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,541 in 2020 to #6,357 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,923 in 2015 to #6,357 in 2025.

In the United States, 376 girls were recorded with the name Raja between 1975 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 20 in 1998; its best national rank was #5,300 in 1998.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Raja?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,357
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Raja sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raja. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raja was born before 2003 — so the typical Raja is around 22 today.

Median birth year
2003
About 22 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
28.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
57.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
864
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Choose a decade

2000s — 28.0% of all recorded uses (242).

Is Raja rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+370
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+184
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−434
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.93×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
38.9%
Peak was 2001 (36)
Years since peak
24
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
23.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,664
2001

Spellings of Raja

Raja is not the most common spelling — Ray is, with 47.3% against Raja's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Raja is used

Across 1910–2025, Raja was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 496,073 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Raja has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Raja around the world

Where Raja ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #953
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    1981–2024
    #535
    in 2024
  • Ireland
    2009–2009
    #701
    in 2009
  • France
    2000–2023
    #3,800
    in 2023
  • Canada
    2000–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1960–2009
    #708
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Raja by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,357
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 184
Best rank ever
#2,664
2001
Peak year
2001
36 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
864
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,300
1998
Peak year
1998
20 that year
First recorded
1975
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
376
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Raja

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Raja

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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