Given name
Suraj
“of the sun”
Suraj is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “of the sun.”
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 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Suraj through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,099
- 1,099 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,755 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −52%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,755 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,621 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Suraj’s family of names
Suraj has a related form in Sooraj. Suraj has a related form in Souraj.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Suraj
- Suraj SharmaIndian actorborn 1993
- Suraj MalMaharaja of Bharatpur Kingdom (1707-1763)
- Suraj VenjaramooduSouth Indian actor and comedianborn 1976
- Suraj BhanIndian politician (1928–2006)
- Suraj AbdurrahmanNigerian general (1954-2015)
- Suraj N. GuptaIndian-American physicist1924–2021
- Suraj JaganIndian singerborn 1967
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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