Suraj
Suraj is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 200354 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1975
- 1,085people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,085 boys have been named Suraj in the United States since 1975, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2003, with 54 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2000s alone account for 35%.
By decade
In 2003, its biggest year
Suraj was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2003 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Andrew. See all of 2003.
Names that rose and fell with Suraj
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jariuspeak 2000
- Maximillianpeak 1999
- Treypeak 1999
- Akashpeak 2002
- Dallinpeak 2002
- Martaviouspeak 1998
- Collinpeak 1996
- Jarekpeak 2000
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.