MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Raja mean?
Several Indian languages retain rājā as a living word for a ruler, from the Sanskrit stem rājan. Rajan is another conventional personal-name form of the royal noun.
Pronunciation
IAST: rājā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राजा
Letter-by-letter: rājā
Conventional spelling
Tamil
ராஜா
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Raja in Indian usage
246,009 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (86.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 33,355 records (13.6%).
- Recorded as male: 212,654 records (86.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 3,412 |
| 1940s | 9,917 |
| 1950s | 19,794 |
| 1960s | 32,111 |
| 1970s | 52,191 |
| 1980s | 54,681 |
| 1990s | 72,941 |
| Other decades | 962 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 52,030 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 49,890 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 30,477 |
| Odisha | 28,988 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 26,209 |
| Rajasthan | 12,940 |
| Delhi | 10,607 |
| Haryana | 7,412 |
| Jharkhand | 7,238 |
| Punjab | 5,228 |
| Maharashtra | 3,206 |
| Gujarat | 2,949 |
| Puducherry | 2,036 |
| Kerala | 1,701 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,319 |
| Karnataka | 1,265 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 506 |
| Chandigarh | 316 |
| Assam | 314 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 286 |
| Meghalaya | 261 |
| Tripura | 249 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 206 |
| Goa | 144 |
| Other states | 232 |
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 | Raja / M | 32 | 953 |
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
Raja Rajeswari Setha Raman
Malaysian poet, translator and teacher
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Raja ↗ (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 Raja; Table_6, C974 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Raja; Table_6, C974
- Monier-Williams, rāja, p. 872,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: राजा ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.