Raji

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 8 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
8
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Raji by the numbers

Raji was given to 8 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 13 babies in 1968, making it a 1960s name.

What we can tell you about Raji

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Raji. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Ramiarcher; merciful44 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rafielevated, exalted76 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ravisun38 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Rajking or rule35 in the US (2017)
  • Rajaking, ruler, prince32 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Raiking; ruler9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Raji

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