Rajneesh

Boys' name

Lord of the night

Rajneesh has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1986. 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 1986, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Rajneesh, 1986

1 in 593,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Rajneesh: meaning, origin, and history

Lord of the night

Sanskrit

What Rajneesh means

Rajneesh means “lord of the night”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Hindi रजनीश (rajnīś), from Sanskrit रजनीश (rajanīśa, “moon”, literally “lord of the night”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Rajneesh is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Rajneesh comes through Hindi रजनीश and Sanskrit रजनीश.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Rajneesh between 1986 and 1986. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1986; its best national rank was #6,522 in 1986.

How common is Rajneesh?

Rajneesh had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1986, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1986: 1 in 593,000; 6 of 3,556,724 births
Among boys only: 1 in 307,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1986: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 410,890 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Rajneesh 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 1986 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 410,890 children born in 1986 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Rajneesh. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajneeshs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Rajneesh was born before 1986 — so the typical Rajneesh is around 39 today.

Median birth year: 1986; About 39 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 6; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Rajneesh 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 1986 (6)
Years since peak: 39; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,522; 1986

Spellings of Rajneesh

Rajneesh is not the most common spelling — Aneesh is, with 57.2% against Rajneesh's 0.37%.

Aneesh57.2%920
Rajesh42.4%682
Rajneesh0.37%6

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.

Rajneesh 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: #6,522; 1986
Peak year: 1986; 6 that year
First recorded: 1986
Last recorded: 1986
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Rajneesh

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

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Sibling names for Rajneesh

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

Domonique Keshia Shantell Linsey Candis Corey Kristan Sade

For a brother

Whitney Shea Derik Derrell Darell Marques Elizabeth Kelsey

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