Rajendra
Rajendra is popular Hindu given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit rājendra 'lord of kings', 'supreme sovereign', which is a compound of the words rāja 'king' and indra 'supreme'.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Telugu
Meaning & Origin of Rajendra
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rajendra is popular Hindu given name. It is derived from the Sanskrit rājendra 'lord of kings', 'supreme sovereign', which is a compound of the words rāja 'king' and indra 'supreme'.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Telugu
- Nepali
The Story of Rajendra
Rajendra first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1970, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1987: 9 births, good for #4,573 nationwide. About 39% of every Rajendra on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Rajendra last appeared in the published SSA data in 2001, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 76 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rajendra
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rajendra. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Rajender
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About the name Rajendra
Rajendra is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 76 births in the dataset. Rajendra's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #4,573. Use the chart and map above to compare Rajendra'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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