MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Rajan mean?
Rājan is the Sanskrit stem of the king word. Raja is a related inflected form, also used independently as a personal name.
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
राजन
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Rajan in Indian usage
212,211 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (91.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 18,285 records (8.6%).
- Recorded as male: 193,926 records (91.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 1,017 |
| 1940s | 6,053 |
| 1950s | 23,526 |
| 1960s | 42,762 |
| 1970s | 40,036 |
| 1980s | 46,132 |
| 1990s | 52,382 |
| Other decades | 303 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Kerala | 72,777 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 51,880 |
| Bihar | 38,958 |
| Punjab | 8,241 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 7,344 |
| Delhi | 6,681 |
| Jharkhand | 6,431 |
| Haryana | 6,035 |
| Rajasthan | 3,948 |
| Uttarakhand | 2,646 |
| Maharashtra | 2,353 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,457 |
| Assam | 590 |
| Goa | 559 |
| Chandigarh | 454 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 405 |
| Puducherry | 401 |
| Gujarat | 282 |
| Tripura | 233 |
| Sikkim | 140 |
| Other states | 396 |
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 | Rajan / M | 8 | 2,664 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- 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 Rajan; Table_6, C2880 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Rajan; Table_6, C2880
- Monier-Williams, rājan, p. 874,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: राजन् (rājan) ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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