Rajveer
Masculine · “Royal warrior”
Rajveer is two Sanskrit words joined: raj is rule or a kingdom, vir is a hero or a warrior. The compound means the royal warrior, and it belongs to a Punjabi and Sikh naming tradition that builds names exactly this way.
How old is the name Rajveer?
Rajveer first appears in US birth records in 2000 — 25 years ago. The typical Rajveer is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Rajveer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Rajveer most popular?
Rajveer peaked in 2016, reaching #3441 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 2,167 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From rāj-vīra to Rajveer
The story of Rajveer
Punjabi and Sikh naming builds compound names from a fixed stock of elements — Raj, Jas, Har, Man, Gur, and endings including -deep, -preet, -veer, -inder — and the combinations are productive rather than fixed: Rajveer, Jasveer, Manveer, Harpreet, Gurdeep. Vir carries particular weight in Sikh tradition, where the martial virtues are part of the faith's self-understanding. The name is also used in Hindi-speaking Rajasthan and Haryana. American records show Rajveer from the 1990s with Punjabi migration and a peak in 2016.
Meaning
Royal warrior, brave king
From Sanskrit rāj, king or rule, and vīra, hero or brave man — the same vīra behind the English word virile through a shared Indo-European root. The reading is settled and both elements are transparent. The doubled e of -veer is a transliteration convention for the long vowel.
How the name formed
- rāj-vīra
- Rajveer
Related forms: ਰਾਜਵੀਰ · राजवीर · राजवीर
Pronouncing Rajveer
RAJ-veer
Two syllables, with the main stress on the first. The Punjabi r is tapped and the v is between an English v and w; American speakers say it much as it looks.
Nicknames for Rajveer
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2000
- Most boys named
- 201632 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3441reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%16 in 2025, from 16
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Rajveer in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ਰਾਜਵੀਰ in Punjabi — transliteration
- राजवीर in Hindi — transliteration
- राजवीर in Sanskrit — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Rajveers among us
people named Rajveer are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Rajveer
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Rayon test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Rajveer's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Rayon climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Rayon's path sketches the road Rajveer is walking now.
Rajveer sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Rajveer beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Rajveer in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and both elements are transparent.
- Raj and Veer are both complete names available as short forms.
- Every sound in it can be approximated in English.
- Rajveer, Rajvir and Rajbir are three transliterations of one name.
- It is unfamiliar outside Punjabi and Indian communities.
- Eight letters and a consonant cluster will be misspelled.
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Frequently asked
- How many Rajveers are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Rajveer are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Rajveer in 2025?
- Rajveer ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Rajveer?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Rajveer — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Rajveer with classmates?
- Rajveer will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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