Rajah

Rajah was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Rajah as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Rajah as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020US
Rajah as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#9,714 (7)—
2024#8,312 (9)—
2023#5,927 (15)—
2022#7,262 (11)—
2021#7,089 (11)—
2020#5,235 (17)—
2019#5,555 (16)—
2018#5,770 (15)—
2017#6,060 (14)—
2016#6,053 (14)—
2015#10,644 (6)—
2014#7,048 (11)—
2013#7,026 (11)—
2012#5,720 (15)—
2011#7,009 (11)—

Rajah as a girl’s name

  • US
Rajah as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.0218801900192019401960198020002020
Rajah as a girl’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.010.020.021880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
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YearUS
2022#12,243 (7)
2018#12,464 (7)
2016#10,859 (9)
2013#16,547 (5)
2011#14,824 (6)
2009#13,704 (7)
2008#12,579 (8)
2006#17,168 (5)
2005#13,010 (7)
2004#14,179 (6)
2002#12,187 (7)
2001#7,724 (13)
2000#8,534 (11)
1999#8,805 (10)
1998#7,532 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1994 at #2,951.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1951.
  • In 2022, 39% of US babies named Rajah were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Rajah is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 230,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 410,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.