Raja is a distinctive choice, ranked #796 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Raja in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#796
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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school β standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Raja
Unlikely. With around 42 UK babies named Raja per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Raja in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Raja is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 60 places over the last five years to #796 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
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 β Ramiz Hasan Raja is a Pakistani cricket sports commentator, former cricketer and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board.; D. Raja β Doraisamy Raja is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019.; Raja Zarith Sofiah β 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..
Raja does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice β your child is unlikely to encounter American Rajas in the wild.
42
UK babies named Raja (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 60 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
Likely around 1 other Raja in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Ramiz Hasan Raja is a Pakistani cricket sports commentator, former cricketer and former chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. He played international cricket for the Pakistan national cricket team from 1984 to 1997, appearing in 57 Test matches and 198 One Day Internationals (ODIs), and was part of the team that won the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Doraisamy Raja is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu.
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. She was born as a member of the Perak royal family.
Raja Ravi Varma (Malayalam: [rajaΛ ravi varma(Λ)Ι]) was an Indian painter. His works are one of the best examples of the fusion of European academic art with a purely Indian sensibility and iconography.
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. He was born in Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu.
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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. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha representing the Nilgiris constituency of Tamil Nadu and had been elected to house four times since 1996.