Raji

Boys' name

Mistress, lady, dame

Raji has been given to 150 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Raji, 2023

1 in 474,000

Raji over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raji: meaning, origin, and history

Mistress, lady, dame

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Raji means

Raji means “mistress, lady, dame”, associated with raji.

Origin, language, and formation

Raji is used in Romani.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 150 boys were recorded with the name Raji between 1967 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1968; its best national rank was #2,418 in 1968.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Raji?

Raji had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 474,000; 7 of 3,314,783 births
Among boys only: 1 in 244,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 328,234 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Raji 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 2023 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 328,234 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raji. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raji was born before 1995 — so the typical Raji is around 30 today.

Median birth year: 1995; About 30 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 20.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 36.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 150; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 20.0% of all recorded uses (30).

Is Raji 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1968 (13)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,418; 1968

Spellings of Raji

Raji is not the most common spelling — Ray is, with 39.3% against Raji's 0.03%.

Ray39.3%204,701
Raul16.9%88,040
Kai13.5%70,232
Ali6.6%34,383
Ari4.0%20,592
Avi1.2%6,087
Taj1.1%5,719
Sami1.0%5,303

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.

Raji around the world

Where Raji 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
2010–2010
#4,678
in 2010
South Australia
1998–1998
#534
in 1998

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Raji by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,418; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 13 that year
First recorded: 1967
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 150
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Raji

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

Raja Rajah Rajat Rajon Taji Rajan Haji Naji Rajvir Ohaji Alhaji Rajae Rajohn Raj Rajai Rajveer Rajiv Rajeev Rajesh Rajko Rajbir Rajit Rajahn Rajab

Sibling names for Raji

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

For a sister

Nichelle Aretha Brigette Josette Shelli Shannan Missy Marnie

For a brother

Kraig Kelley Stacey Thad Tracey Jacques Deron Judd

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