Rahul
Boy · Sanskrit
Rahul is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Rahul mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rahul a girl's or a boy's name?
Rahul is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rahul in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Rahul, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 123 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rahul in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Rahul in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 20 | #1,357 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,560 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 32 | #971 |
| 2010 | 50 | #701 |
| 2009 | 43 | #760 |
| 2008 | 38 | #824 |
| 2007 | 55 | #612 |
| 2006 | 62 | #535 |
| 2005 | 71 | #451 |
| 2004 | 80 | #392 |
| 2003 | 92 | #332 |
| 2002 | 81 | #355 |
| 2001 | 97 | #315 |
| 2000 | 84 | #350 |
| 1999 | 123 | #270 |
| 1998 | 86 | #334 |
| 1997 | 69 | #379 |
| 1996 | 52 | #427 |
How popular is Rahul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Rahul, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 196 boys. It first appears in the records in 1966.
Half of all the boys named Rahul in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rahul in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 37 | #3,057 |
| 2011 | 41 | #2,851 |
| 2010 | 57 | #2,261 |
| 2009 | 63 | #2,142 |
| 2008 | 84 | #1,775 |
| 2007 | 93 | #1,650 |
| 2006 | 105 | #1,460 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,232 |
| 2004 | 166 | #994 |
| 2003 | 162 | #981 |
| 2002 | 171 | #938 |
| 2001 | 187 | #857 |
| 2000 | 196 | #816 |
| 1999 | 168 | #894 |
| 1998 | 142 | #968 |
| 1997 | 124 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 85 | #1,290 |
| 1995 | 90 | #1,216 |
| 1994 | 97 | #1,149 |
| 1993 | 79 | #1,274 |
| 1992 | 64 | #1,424 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,210 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 47 | #1,653 |
| 1988 | 51 | #1,477 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 52 | #1,362 |
| 1985 | 51 | #1,353 |
| 1984 | 41 | #1,506 |
| 1983 | 37 | #1,593 |
| 1982 | 38 | #1,595 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 38 | #1,569 |
| 1979 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1978 | 41 | #1,452 |
| 1977 | 28 | #1,823 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,429 |
| 1974 | 29 | #1,659 |
| 1973 | 18 | #2,214 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 16 | #2,365 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #3,313 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
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