# Raja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/raja/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,240 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 864 / 376 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,430, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 7,079 |
| 2007 | 11 | 10,656 |
| 2008 | 6 | 17,008 |
| 2009 | 14 | 8,786 |
| 2011 | 9 | 11,944 |
| 2012 | 10 | 11,069 |
| 2013 | 6 | 16,104 |
| 2014 | 8 | 12,817 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,748 |
| 2017 | 10 | 10,538 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10,307 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,158 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,121 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,218 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,149 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,470 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,817 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,930 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,547 |
| 2015 | 15 | 5,927 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,637 |
| 2017 | 22 | 4,561 |
| 2018 | 20 | 4,884 |
| 2019 | 19 | 5,112 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,545 |
| 2021 | 16 | 5,724 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,381 |
| 2023 | 21 | 4,850 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,732 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,361 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 60 | 580 |
| 2012 | 40 | 793 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 42 | 765 |
| 2016 | 38 | 833 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2018 | 41 | 786 |
| 2019 | 42 | 762 |
| 2020 | 34 | 856 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 36 | 862 |
| 2023 | 34 | 910 |
| 2024 | 42 | 796 |
| 2025 | 32 | 953 |

## People named Raja

- Rajaraja I, Chola Emperor
- Raja Gosnell, American film editor and director
- Raja Chari, American astronaut
- Raja Bell, American basketball player
- Raja Krishnamoorthi, American lawyer and politician (born 1973)
- Raja Meziane, Algerian singer
- Raja Al Gurg, businessperson

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.