Rajiv · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Rajiv.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1962

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 52 recorded years as a table

Rajiv, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1962	2
1964	5
1965	4
1966	3
1968	9
1969	5
1970	5
1971	6
1972	12
1973	9
1974	10
1975	8
1976	9
1977	9
1978	7
1979	8
1980	11
1981	13
1982	11
1983	12
1984	9
1985	32
1986	18
1987	15
1988	15
1989	10
1990	7
1991	15
1992	9
1993	6
1994	10
1995	10
1996	8
1997	7
1998	12
1999	12
2000	10
2001	9
2002	8
2003	6
2004	5
2005	7
2006	5
2007	6
2009	5
2010	5
2011	4
2012	3
2014	4
2015	5
2017	4
2019	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Rajiv isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2019: 5
Rank in 2019: #12,145
How rare: 1 in 358,843 boys
Since 1962: 820

Rajiv was last recorded in 2019. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1985, at 32 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Rajiv doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.