Vraj
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VRUJ
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Vraj is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “pasture, cowherd settlement”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Vraj mean?
Sanskrit: Gujarati name from Sanskrit vraja 'cattle pasture'
“pasture, cowherd settlement”
Named after Vraj (Braj), the region around Mathura and Vrindavan where Krishna is said to have spent his childhood.
Is Vraj a girl's or a boy's name?
Vraj is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vraj in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vraj in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vraj in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Vraj in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vraj, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Vraj in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vraj in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 20 | #4,682 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 21 | #3,971 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
Names like Vraj
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yuvraj, Veer, Viraj, Aarav, Dhruv, Vihaan, Aviraj, Vansh, Shiv, Krish, Ansh, Shivansh
Names related to Vraj
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Vraj: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vraj, updated 20 October 2026.