Is Rajiv a boy or girl name?

Rajiv is a boy’s name. Of the 820 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.0% were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Rajiv

Recorded 1962–2019 · United States

Rajiv was most popular in 1985, when 60 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,964 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 820 people named Rajiv.

Rajiv over time

Births per year. The dot marks Rajiv’s peak in 1985. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Rajiv a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Rajiv is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 820 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Rajiv

Where Rajiv is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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