Rajan

maleStatistical record

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

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

Rajan: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #359 in 1999, and it stood at #1,282 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#359highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#450
1997	#413
1998	#398
1999	#359
2000	#422
2001	#484
2002	#546
2003	#479
2004	#541
2005	#638
2006	#863
2007	#883
2008	#789
2009	#904
2010	#996
2011	#976
2012	#1021
2013	#1294
2014	#1281
2015	#1236
2016	#1431
2017	#1398
2018	#1455
2019	#3411
2020	#2228
2021	#1595
2022	#2755
2023	#1701
2024	#1282

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #450 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: #359 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1282 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Rajan 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 Rajan in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	213	4 of 10	53
2000sbusiest	393	10 of 10	39
2010s	201	10 of 10	20
2020s	66	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Rajan appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 1999.

Rajan'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	#1282	21	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2755	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2228	9	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1236	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1294	19	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1021	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#976	28	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#789	36	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#863	28	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#638	41	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#541	48	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#479	50	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#546	38	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#484	42	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#422	51	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#359	64	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#398	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#413	51	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#450	43	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #359, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 1999.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,282position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
64births registered in its largest year, 199950 to 99 births →

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.

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Rajveer · #747, 29y
Rajvir · #1248, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Sabah · #359, 28y
Aqib · #358, 29y
Montgomery · #362, 29y
Asim · #364, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Neave · #359, 29y
Riya · #359, 29y
Sabah · #359, 28y
Alanis · #358, 29y

Rajan was ranked #359 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Rajan 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 Rajan without appearing here.

Rajan moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1282 and #5119.
Courtney Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #3334.
Grant Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3411 and #1869 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2228 and #3334.
Gary Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2755 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #2546.

Moved ahead of Rajan

Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #967.
Derek Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1455 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #1655.
Aksel Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1688 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #2755 and #1224.
Malin Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1455 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2728.

Moved the opposite way to Rajan

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Rajan

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Rajan went from #450 to #1282 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #359 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rajan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Rajan at a glance

Rajan by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Rajan

Rajan and the names beside it

Rajan moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Rajan

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