Rahul

Where Rahul comes from

Transliteration of Sanskrit राहुल (rāhula)
— Wiktionary's entry for Rahul
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1966
    First appearance
    #3,948 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1967
    Rahul Bose born
    Indian actor
  3. 1970
    Rahul Gandhi born
    Indian politician (1970-present)
  4. 2000
    Peak, #818
    196 babies named Rahul — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,650.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes
  • Rahul Gandhi · Indian politician (1970-present), born 1970
  • Rahul Bose · Indian actor, born 1967
  • Rahul Dravid · Indian cricketer, born 1973
  • Rahul Dev Burman · Indian musician, 1939–1994
  • Rahul Kohli · British actor, born 1985

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.