Yuvraj
Masculine · “crown prince”
Yuvraj is the crown prince in Sanskrit — the young king — from yuvan, young, and raja, king.
How old is the name Yuvraj?
Yuvraj first appears in US birth records in 1993 — 32 years ago. The typical Yuvraj is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,200 people named Yuvraj are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yuvraj most popular?
Yuvraj peaked in 2016, reaching #1959 nationally. Today it ranks #2451, 492 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From yuvan rajan to Yuvraj
The story of Yuvraj
Yuvaraja was the formal title of a designated heir in Indian kingdoms, an office rather than a courtesy. Both halves have Indo-European cousins — yuvan with 'young' and 'juvenile', rajan with the Latin rex and the English 'royal'. Yuvraj is a standard Indian given name and is in current American use.
Meaning
crown prince, young king
From the Sanskrit yuvaraja — yuvan, 'young', and rajan, 'king'. It is the technical term for a designated heir in Indian royal usage. Yuvan is cognate with the Latin juvenis and the English young; rajan with the Latin rex. The Sanskrit is documented.
How the name formed
- yuvan rajan
- Yuvaraja
- Yuvraj
Related forms: युवराज · Yuvraj · Yuvraj
Pronouncing Yuvraj
YOOV-raj
Two syllables, stress on the first. Sanskrit Yuvaraja has four.
Nicknames for Yuvraj
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
- 1993
- Most boys named
- 201674 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1959reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- +3.8%55 in 2025, from 53
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.
Yuvraj in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- युवराज in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Yuvraj in Hindi — same name
- Yuvraj in Punjabi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas.
Yuvrajs among us
people named Yuvraj are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 31,056 born in 2025 was named Yuvraj
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 Jafet test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yuvraj's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jafet climbed just as high around 2001, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jafet's path sketches the road Yuvraj is walking now.
Yuvraj 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
Where Yuvraj is headed
Yuvraj should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yuvraj beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yuvraj in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That both halves have Latin and English cousins is a first-rate etymology.
- Yuvi and Raj are two short forms, both with real use.
- The crown-prince meaning is transparent and grand.
- It is a royal title and carries a claim.
- The vr cluster is awkward in English.
- It reads as specifically Indian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yuvrajs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,200 people named Yuvraj are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yuvraj in 2025?
- Yuvraj ranks #2451 among US boy names in 2025, with 55 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yuvraj?
- About 1 in every 31,056 US boys born in 2025 was named Yuvraj — 55 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yuvraj with classmates?
- Yuvraj will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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