Raju

Boys' name

King

Raju has been given to 6 babies in the U.S. since 1972. 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 1972, with 6 recorded.

Babies named Raju, 1972

1 in 524,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Raju: meaning, origin, and history

King

Telugu

What Raju means

Raju means “king”, associated with rāju.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Telugu రాజు (rāju, “king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Raju (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Raju is used in English. Its origins include Telugu.

Raju comes through Telugu రాజు and Sanskrit राजन्.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6 boys were recorded with the name Raju between 1972 and 1972. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1972; its best national rank was #4,844 in 1972.

How common is Raju?

Raju had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1972, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1972: 1 in 524,000; 6 of 3,142,796 births
Among boys only: 1 in 270,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1972: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 363,071 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Raju 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 1972 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 363,071 children born in 1972 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Raju. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rajus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Raju was born before 1972 — so the typical Raju is around 53 today.

Median birth year: 1972; About 53 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 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

1970s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (6).

Is Raju 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 1972 (6)
Years since peak: 53; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #4,844; 1972

Spellings of Raju

Raju is not the most common spelling — Ray is, with 60.2% against Raju's <0.01%.

Ray60.2%204,701
Raul25.9%88,040
Taj1.7%5,719
Rami1.1%3,886
Ravi1.1%3,605
Rahul0.98%3,332
Rand0.87%2,960
Rafe0.86%2,935

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.

Raju around the world

Where Raju 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
1997–2002
#2,254
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Raju 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: #4,844; 1972
Peak year: 1972; 6 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 1972
All-time count: 6
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Raju

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

Rajay Rajen Rajab Rajit Rajko Rajaee Rajai Rajaun Rajae Rajuan Rajneesh Rajahn Rajbir Rajkumar Raji Rajat Raja Rajah Rajohn Rajdeep Rajinder Rajon Rajan Rajvir

Sibling names for Raju

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

Nicola Latonia Jenni Nicki Sharla Niki Trena Charisse

For a brother

Shon Shelton Darrick Judd Douglass Alfonzo Demond Scottie

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