Fun Facts About the Name Raaga
- 148 babies named Raaga: U.S. records list 148 babies given the name Raaga from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Raaga Mean?
Raaga is a romanized form of the Sanskrit word rāga (राग). Its literal senses include "color," "hue," and "passion"; in Indian classical music, rāga means a melodic framework - a set of characteristic intervals, phrases, and ornaments, not a fixed tune. The given name is usually understood in that musical sense as "melody" or "musical mode." Etymologically, rāga is formed from the Sanskrit root rañj, "to color, redden, or be affected," and the musical sense is a specialized extension of the word's older color-and-emotion meaning.
Raaga Name History & Origins
Rāga is an old Sanskrit noun whose color and emotion senses predate its use as a musical term. In Indian music, it came to denote melodic frameworks, and early medieval Sanskrit treatises, notably Matanga's Bṛhaddeśī, discuss and classify them. The spelling raag also appears in Sikh tradition, where it names the musical modes in which hymns of the Guru Granth Sahib are set.
Raaga as a personal name is a direct romanization of this Sanskrit word, not a separate name with an independent etymology. The double a marks the long initial vowel of rāga; Raga and Raag are other transliterations. The name is used in modern Indian and diaspora communities, but its history as a given name is much less documented than the history of the word and the musical concept.
How Popular is the Name Raaga?
Raaga has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #6,765 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,765 | 17 | 0.0011% |
| 2024 | #10,062 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #13,139 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #11,025 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2021 | #10,938 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2020 | #14,711 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2019 | #12,179 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2018 | #17,568 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2017 | #9,788 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #15,797 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #12,736 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #12,809 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2013 | #11,753 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #18,921 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #14,622 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2009 | #14,861 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #19,765 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #17,113 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #18,147 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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