Rahul

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US: ~3,200 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank: #8,910 among boys
Births in 2025: 8 3,332 since 1880
Typical age: 25 years, median

Rahul popularity over time

Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1966–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2000 is the peak year for Rahul, with 196 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1966. The 2025 position is #8,910, on 8 births.

Over ten years the count has fallen 43%. It climbed 2028 places against the previous year.

Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rahul?

Roughly 3,200 Rahuls are alive in the US right now. SSA has recorded 3,332 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 Rahul?

Median age among living Rahuls: 25. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Rahul a millennial-era name.

Your Rahul

Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Rahul in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Rahul ranked #4,275 in 2025 on 4 births. That is 33% lower than five years earlier.

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

Where the name Rahul comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल

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.

Notable people named Rahul

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
	Known for	Years	Editions
Rahul Gandhi	Indian politician (1970-present)	1970	63
Rahul Bose	Indian actor	1967	48
Rahul Dravid	Indian cricketer	1973	36
Rahul Kohli	British actor	1985	18
Rahul Roy	Indian actor	1968	16
Rahul Bajaj	Indian politician & businessman	1938–2022	16
Rahul Dev	Indian actor	1968	15
Rahul Khanna	Indian actor	1972	15