Neeraj
Neeraj is an Indian masculine given name common in the Indian subcontinent. The meaning of Neeraj is "lotus flower" in the Sanskrit language. Neeraj is a name of Sanskrit origin and it is a very common name for Hindu men.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
Meaning & Origin of Neeraj
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Neeraj is an Indian masculine given name common in the Indian subcontinent. The meaning of Neeraj is "lotus flower" in the Sanskrit language. Neeraj is a name of Sanskrit origin and it is a very common name for Hindu men.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
The Story of Neeraj
The earliest SSA record of Neeraj as a baby boy name dates back to 1970, when 5 babies received it. 1980 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Neeraj — #3,097 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Neeraj on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Neeraj last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 327 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Neeraj
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About the name Neeraj
Neeraj is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 327 births in the dataset. Neeraj's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #3,097. Use the chart and map above to compare Neeraj's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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