# Rajat (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rajat/  
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 |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “silver” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 108 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 108 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit रजत (rajata, “silver”).

## What it means

Rajat is grouped under silver.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 6 | 6,754 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,223 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,275 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,822 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,624 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,177 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,443 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,356 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,400 |
| 2000 | 5 | 11,729 |
| 2001 | 10 | 6,812 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,362 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,890 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,396 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,627 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: रजत

## 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.