Given name & surname
Balraj
“a strong ruler”
Balraj is used as a given name and a surname. One Hindi interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “a strong ruler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Balraj through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 62 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 564 as a first name in 2020; 203 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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