MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rahul mean?
Rahul is the modern name corresponding to Sanskrit Rāhula. Buddhist literature uses Rāhula as the name of the Buddha's son.
Pronunciation
IAST: rāhula
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राहुल
Letter-by-letter: rāhula
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rahul in Indian usage
550,063 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 3,483 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 546,580 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 507 |
| 1940s | 227 |
| 1950s | 603 |
| 1960s | 2,288 |
| 1970s | 13,768 |
| 1980s | 125,970 |
| 1990s | 406,483 |
| Other decades | 217 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 131,385 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 126,142 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 116,793 |
| Rajasthan | 50,677 |
| Haryana | 33,348 |
| Kerala | 27,086 |
| Jharkhand | 23,433 |
| Punjab | 15,660 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,298 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,366 |
| Delhi | 3,845 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,993 |
| Tripura | 1,918 |
| Maharashtra | 1,675 |
| Chandigarh | 1,564 |
| Assam | 1,135 |
| Goa | 1,047 |
| Meghalaya | 709 |
| Gujarat | 462 |
| Karnataka | 328 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 280 |
| Manipur | 159 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 135 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 132 |
| Nagaland | 126 |
| Other states | 367 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Rahul / M | 4 | 4,275 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Documented namesakes
Rahul Raj Mayer
Malaysian racing driver
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Rahul ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Rahul; Table_6, C4924 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Rahul; Table_6, C4924
- Monier-Williams, rāhula, p. 880,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.