boys:
1.6k births since 1982
#3069 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1982
#6137 (21st percentile)
The name Viraj is the #6,137 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,609 recorded births since 1982. This represents the 20.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,069 (33.0% percentile) for all time with 1,609 births since 1982.
Viraj first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1982 (first recorded for boys in 1982). Birth data for Viraj is available in 39 out of the 42 years between 1982 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Viraj reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #784) with 72 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 72 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2008, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Viraj is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #784 (14.0% percentile) with 72 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Viraj".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Viraj. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.5% confident that Viraj is pronounced as vih-RAHJ, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VIH-ruhj, at 14.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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