# Rajiv (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rajiv/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Raj |
| Variant spellings | Rajeev |
| US babies named this | 820 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 820 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 55, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit राजीव (rājīva), via various Indian languages. The name means 'lotus flower' in Hindi. In Sanskrit, the word means 'Sri Krishna'.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 | 4,425 |
| 2002 | 16 | 4,860 |
| 2003 | 12 | 6,171 |
| 2004 | 9 | 8,024 |
| 2005 | 14 | 5,807 |
| 2006 | 11 | 7,309 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,978 |
| 2009 | 10 | 8,155 |
| 2010 | 10 | 7,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,523 |
| 2012 | 5 | 13,749 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,469 |
| 2015 | 10 | 7,912 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,492 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,675 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 8 | 1,458 |
| 1997 | 7 | 1,578 |
| 1998 | 10 | 1,263 |
| 1999 | 10 | 1,281 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,142 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 3 | 3,225 |
| 2003 | 3 | 3,467 |
| 2006 | 4 | 3,385 |

## People named Rajiv

- Rajiv van La Parra, Dutch association football player
- Rajiv Ouseph, badminton player
- Akshay Kumar, Actor
- Raju Rai, badminton player

## 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.