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Suraj

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Hindi origin

Living in the US
~1,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#6,446 among boys
Births in 2025
13 1,099 since 1880
Typical age
23 years, median

Suraj popularity over time

Suraj rank by birth year, 1975–2025Suraj ranked #4,309 in 1975 and #6,446 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,914, in 1995.#10,000#6,446best #1,914 in 199519801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1975–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Suraj in 2003 than in any other year — 54 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1975. As of 2025 the name sits at #6,446, with 13 births that year.

The ten-year change is -19%. Year on year the rank improved by 2541.

Babies named Suraj per yearPeaks at 54 births in 2003.54 in 2003019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Suraj?

An estimated 1,100 living Americans are called Suraj.

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 Suraj?

Half of living Surajs are older than 23, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2000s. By the site’s era rules that makes Suraj a millennial-era name.

Your Suraj

Ages of living people named SurajHalf of living Surajs are older than 23 and half younger.median 2302040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where the name Suraj comes from

Hindi सूरज (“the sun”).

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

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

Notable people named Suraj

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Suraj Sharma Indian actor 1993 29
Suraj Mal Maharaja of Bharatpur Kingdom 1707–1763 12
Suraj Venjaramoodu South Indian actor and comedian 1976 11
Suraj Bhan Indian politician 1928–2006 9
Photo credits (4)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Suraj

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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