Rajan is a distinctive choice, ranked #2664 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Rajan in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2664
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About the Name Rajan
Rajan is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 946 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #359 in 1999 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Rajan is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Rajan in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Rajan
Smitha Rajan — Smitha Rajan is an Indian Mohiniyattam performer from Kerala and granddaughter of the Indian classical dancers Padma Shri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma.
Raghuram Rajan — Raghuram Govind Rajan is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan — Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (PTR) is an Indian politician and the current Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu.
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 Rajan
Unlikely. With around 8 UK babies named Rajan per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Rajan in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Rajan is declining: down 436 places since 2020, to #2,664 in 2025. It peaked at #359 in 1999.
Rajan 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 Rajan include: Smitha Rajan, Raghuram Rajan and Palanivel Thiaga Rajan. Short summaries for each appear below.
Rajan does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Rajans in the wild.
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UK babies named Rajan (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↓ 436 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Rajan
Almost certainly the only Rajan 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 Rajan
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Smitha Rajan is an Indian Mohiniyattam performer from Kerala and granddaughter of the Indian classical dancers Padma Shri Kalamandalam Krishnan Nair and Kalamandalam Kalyanikutty Amma.
Raghuram Govind Rajan is an Indian economist and the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
Tiruvengimalai Sesha Sundara Rajan was an Indian medical doctor, politician and freedom-fighter who served the Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939.
Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje, popularly known by his moniker Chhota Rajan, is an Indian gangster and convicted criminal who was the crime lord of a major Mumbai-based syndicate.
Rajan Mahadevan Nair, popularly known in the Mumbai underworld by his moniker Bada Rajan (literally Elder Rajan), was an Indian mobster and underworld don from Mumbai.