Rakan
- #1,886 for boys in 2025, 83 births
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 83 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 938since 1981
Rakan over time
Rank among boys' names. Rakan has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,886 | 83 |
| 2024 | #2,637 | 50 |
| 2023 | #2,129 | 68 |
| 2022 | #2,269 | 63 |
| 2021 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #2,464 | 54 |
| 2018 | #2,325 | 57 |
| 2017 | #2,637 | 47 |
| 2016 | #2,387 | 54 |
| 2015 | #3,299 | 34 |
| 2014 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 2013 | #3,405 | 31 |
| 2012 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 2011 | #4,356 | 22 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #5,800 | 15 |
| 2008 | #6,763 | 12 |
| 2007 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #6,094 | 13 |
| 2005 | #5,034 | 16 |
| 2004 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #6,715 | 10 |
| 2002 | #4,502 | 17 |
| 2001 | #5,390 | 13 |
| 2000 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #3,849 | 18 |
| 1997 | #7,281 | 7 |
| 1996 | #3,678 | 18 |
| 1995 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
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| 1991 | #5,521 | 9 |
| 1990 | #5,823 | 8 |
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| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rakan! It came in at #6,262, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1981–1985, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rakan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Michigan#517 · 1 in 2,512
- Alabama#765 · 1 in 4,304
- New York#770 · 1 in 4,690
- California#1,829 · 1 in 21,934
- Florida#1,831 · 1 in 19,107
Best ever in a state: #517 in Michigan, 2025.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Michigan | #517 | 16 | 1 in 2,512 |
| Alabama | #765 | 5 | 1 in 4,304 |
| New York | #770 | 18 | 1 in 4,690 |
| California | #1,829 | 8 | 1 in 21,934 |
| Florida | #1,831 | 5 | 1 in 19,107 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rakan
- 751 spots since 2024 (#2,637 → #1,886)
- 1,684 spots since 2020 (#3,570 → #1,886)
- 1,413 spots since 2015 (#3,299 → #1,886)
- Debuted 1981
- Peaked 2025 at #1,886 (83 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 20,579 boys born in 2025 were named Rakan (0.00%)
- 39.1% of all boys named Rakan (367) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 11 | #5,926 (1986) | #6,094 |
| 1990s | 94 | #3,678 (1996) | #5,743 |
| 2000s | 138 | #4,389 (2000) | #5,861 |
| 2010s | 367 | #2,325 (2018) | #3,576 |
| 2020s | 328 | #1,886 (2025) | #2,642 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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