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Rahul vs Rahzi

American parents have registered 3,332 Rahuls since 1880, against 56 Rahzis. But in 2025 it was Rahzi that was commoner, 22 babies to 8.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Rahul against Rahzi, 1880 to 2025 0 50 100 150 200 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Rahul Rahzi

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 58 years in which either name was published, Rahul for 56 years and Rahzi for 2 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Rahul Rahzi
Total US births 3,33256
Most in one year 19634
Babies in 2025 822
Estimated living today 3,20060
Median age today 251
Peak year 20002024
Best rank 818th boys3,394th boys
Rank in 2025 8,910th4,539th
First recorded 19662024
Girls / boys 0 / 3,3320 / 56

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Rahuls alive today are over 25; half the Rahzis are over 1. That is 24 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Rahul and Rahzi.