Is Raja a boy or girl name?

Raja is a unisex name. Of the 1,240 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 30.3% were girls and 69.7% were boys. It changed hands in 2000, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Raja

Recorded 1967–2025 · United States

Raja was most popular in 2001, when 53 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,681 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,918, with 14 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,240 people named Raja.

Raja over time

Births per year. The dot marks Raja’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Raja a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Raja is a unisex name — 30.3% of the 1,240 Americans given it were girls and 69.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2000 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 21% girls and 79% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org