Rakan

Where Rakan comes from

Borrowed from Arabic راكان ("steadfast, strong").
— Wiktionary's entry for Rakan
  • Arabic
Rakan through the years
  1. 1981
    First appearance
    #6,262 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2025
    Peak, #1,886
    83 babies named Rakan, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Arabic.
Namesakes

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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.