Rajah
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- RAH-ja
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Rajah is a name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “king”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Rajah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Raja; from rajan
“king”
From the Sanskrit rajan, king, a title of Indian rulers and the root of maharaja, great king.
Meaning borrowed from Raja.
Is Rajah a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rajah has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Rajah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Rajah, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 1994, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had fewer boys named Rajah than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Rajah in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rajah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 24 | #2,946 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,188 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #3,712 |
Names like Rajah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abdullah, Hamza, Musa, Amir, Zahir, Muhammad, Zamir, Nasir, Samir, Ahmad, Jamir, Zayd
Names related to Rajah
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Rajah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rajah, updated 20 October 2026.