Given name & surname
Raju
“king”
Raju is used as a given name and a surname. Raju is connected with Raj.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Raju has a related form in Raj. An origin associated with Raj is Sanskrit.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Raju is used as a variant of Raj.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Raju through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 6 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 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,813 as a first name in 2020; 2,711 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.
Raju’s family of names
In English usage, Raju developed from राजन्. Raju has a related form in Raj. In English usage, Raju was borrowed from the Telugu form రాజు.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Raju
- Krishnam RajuIndian actor (1940-2022)
- Raju SrivastavIndian comedian, actor and politician (1963–2022)
- Raju Narisettidigital media content executiveborn 1966
- Raju KherIndian actor and film directorborn 1957
- Raju LamaNepalese singerborn 1978
- Raju KulkarniIndian cricket playerborn 1962
- Raju GaikwadIndian footballerborn 1990
- Poola Tirupati RajuIndian writer (1904-1992)
- Raju Kaji ShakyaNepalese footballerborn 1960
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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