Raja

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Raja: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Raja: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #312, and it stood at #535 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#312highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2005

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#3970

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #535 among boys in Scotland, #796 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #402 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #312 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #796 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Raja by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Raja in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	267	4 of 10	67
2000sbusiest	542	10 of 10	54
2010s	422	10 of 10	42
2020s	163	5 of 10	33

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1996 and 1997, when recorded births rose by 26, from 52 to 78.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Raja appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #312 in England and Wales in 1997.

Raja's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#796	42	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#862	36	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#762	42	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#786	41	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1042	28	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#833	38	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#695	47	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#793	40	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#580	60	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#635	51	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#648	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#640	48	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#543	57	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#515	59	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#477	58	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#500	52	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#461	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#403	56	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#416	52	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#388	58	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#363	63	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#327	74	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#312	78	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#402	52	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#535	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #312, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 78 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Raiyan · #1179, 25y
Raizel · #2574, 11y
Rajan · #359, 29y
Rajveer · #747, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Lucian · #312, 30y
Mea · #312, 25y
Moses · #312, 29y
Jada · #311, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aled · #312, 29y
Ellena · #312, 29y
Emmanuella · #312, 29y
Lucian · #312, 30y

Raja was ranked #312 in England and Wales · Boys in 1997. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Raja and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Raja without appearing here.

Raja moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1391 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #862 and #2165.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #862 and #2018.
Ross Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1250 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #862 and #1366.
Kenneth Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1078 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #862 and #1179.

Moved ahead of Raja

Mathias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #833 and #928 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #1042 and #709.
Erik Compare
In 2011 they stood at #580 and #602 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #793 and #559.
Roman Compare
In 2002 they stood at #403 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #461 and #241.
Kasper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #580 and #701 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #793 and #592.

Moved the opposite way to Raja

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Raja

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Raja went from #402 to #796 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #312 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Raja by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Raja at a glance

Raja by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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