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How popular is the name Suraj?

Births per year, rank history and how many Surajs are alive today.

Suraj (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 4789th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1998, when 36 babies were given the name, the 526th most popular that year.

The Suraj you are most likely to meet is around 27 years old. Half of all Surajs born in England and Wales are between 22 and 33, and there are at least 580 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Suraj - on average, only one in every 523 such rooms contains a Suraj.

How many babies are named Suraj each year?

0102030200020201996: 331997: 191998: 361999: 322000: 342001: 162002: 172003: 192004: 142005: 182006: 82007: 62008: 132009: 72010: 122011: 62012: 82013: 42014: 102015: 92016: 62017: 62018: 42019: 82020: 32021: 3actual

Where does Suraj rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 5261997: ranked 8091998: ranked 5261999: ranked 5752000: ranked 5542001: ranked 9832002: ranked 9932003: ranked 9762004: ranked 1,2802005: ranked 1,1352006: ranked 2,0872007: ranked 2,7412008: ranked 1,5962009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 1,8012011: ranked 2,8922012: ranked 2,4582013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,0792015: ranked 2,3192016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 3,0402018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 2,4882020: ranked 4,6082021: ranked 4,789

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Suraj per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2021, peaking at about 36 in 1998
Suraj: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2021. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Suraj most popular?

Suraj peaked in 1998, when 36 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Suraj?

At least 580 people named Suraj born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Suraj?

Most living Surajs are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 27.

Is Suraj becoming more or less popular?

Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.






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