Raja is a distinctive choice, ranked #953 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Raja in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#953
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About the Name Raja
Raja is steadily gaining in popularity, up 60 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #312 in 1997, and it currently sits at #796. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Raja is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Raja in their class.
โญ Famous People Named Raja
Ramiz Raja โ Ramiz Hasan Raja is a Pakistani cricket sports commentator, former cricketer and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
D. Raja โ Doraisamy Raja is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019.
Raja Zarith Sofiah โ Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah is Queen of Malaysia and Permaisuri of Johor as the wife of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Raja
Unlikely. With around 32 UK babies named Raja per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raja in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Raja has been fairly steady, ranked #953 in 2025 against #856 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #312 in 1997.
Raja is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Raja include: Ramiz Raja, D. Raja and Raja Zarith Sofiah. Short summaries for each appear below.
Raja does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Rajas in the wild.
32
UK babies named Raja (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 97 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Raja
Almost certainly the only Raja in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Raja
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Raja Zarith Sofiah binti Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah is Queen of Malaysia and Permaisuri of Johor as the wife of Sultan Ibrahim ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar.
Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumaraswamy Raja was an Indian politician who served as the last Premier of Madras Presidency from 6 April 1949 to 26 January 1950 and first Chief Minister of Madras State from 26 January 1950 to 10 April 1952 and Governor of Orissa between 1954 till 1956.
Andimuthu Raja is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu, who serves as Member of Parliament for the Nilgiris constituency and the deputy general secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.