Given name & surname
Ranjan
“a delightful boy”
Ranjan is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “a delightful boy.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “a delightful boy.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ranjan through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 6 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 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 1971. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,179 as a first name in 2020; 1,188 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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