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Raghav

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,826 among boys
Births in 2025
87 1,335 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Raghav popularity over time

Raghav rank by birth year, 1990–2025Raghav ranked #7,178 in 1990 and #1,826 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,826, in 2025.#10,000#1,8261990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1990–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2025 is the peak year for Raghav, with 87 births. 1990 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. In 2025 it ranked #1,826 with 87 births.

The ten-year change is +32%. It climbed 272 places against the previous year.

Babies named Raghav per yearPeaks at 87 births in 2025.87 in 202501990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Raghav?

Roughly 1,300 Raghavs are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 1,335 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Raghav?

The typical living Raghav is 13 years old. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Raghav a current name.

Your Raghav

Ages of living people named RaghavHalf of living Raghavs are older than 13 and half younger.median 13020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Raghav is most common

New Jersey uses the name 3.5× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Raghav is used more than average2 states use the name Raghav more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.3× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Raghav is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 36 3.5×
California 117 2.3×

Raghav in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Raghav ranked #1,066 in 2025 on 28 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Raghav comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit राघव.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

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