Rana
- #3,167 for girls in 2025, 50 births
- #5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births
- Given to girls 96.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 120 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,553since 1942
Rana over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rana has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,167 | 50 | #5,861 | 15 |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,604 | 67 | #8,300 | 9 |
| 2021 | #3,215 | 50 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #3,091 | 51 | #5,980 | 14 |
| 2019 | #2,814 | 59 | #8,215 | 9 |
| 2018 | #2,928 | 56 | #9,670 | 7 |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #2,739 | 63 | #8,816 | 8 |
| 2015 | #3,429 | 46 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #3,137 | 52 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #3,005 | 55 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #3,452 | 46 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,718 | 67 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,376 | 49 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,414 | 47 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,607 | 65 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #2,742 | 59 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,346 | 71 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,745 | 55 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #2,304 | 69 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,374 | 65 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,205 | 68 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,104 | 69 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #2,158 | 64 | — | |
| 1996 | #2,041 | 68 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,189 | 61 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,999 | 70 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,768 | 43 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,156 | 62 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,933 | 72 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,781 | 81 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #1,769 | 76 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #1,660 | 78 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,531 | 83 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,710 | 67 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,593 | 70 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,644 | 67 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,599 | 73 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,406 | 87 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,448 | 84 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,338 | 92 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,212 | 103 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,141 | 111 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,078 | 113 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,043 | 114 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,176 | 95 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,143 | 96 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,181 | 91 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,026 | 120 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,144 | 101 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,459 | 60 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,598 | 50 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,768 | 41 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,649 | 21 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,971 | 15 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,188 | 20 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | — | |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five girls were named Rana! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rana is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Virginia#1,180 · 1 in 6,748
- Michigan#1,210 · 1 in 7,146
- California#1,742 · 1 in 13,477
Best ever in a state: #387 in Kansas, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #1,180 | 5 | 1 in 6,748 |
| Michigan | #1,210 | 5 | 1 in 7,146 |
| California | #1,742 | 12 | 1 in 13,477 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 528 spots since 2024 (#3,695 → #3,167)
- 76 spots since 2020 (#3,091 → #3,167)
- 262 spots since 2015 (#3,429 → #3,167)
Rise & fade · girls
29 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1971 at #1,026 (120 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 12,788
- Highest: 1 in 12,788 girls born in 1975 were named Rana (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,145 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,026 in 1971, was only 1 in 13,865 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 22.8% of all girls named Rana (1,036) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 84 | #2,188 (1948) | #3,337 |
| 1950s | 169 | #2,122 (1954) | #2,840 |
| 1960s | 432 | #1,290 (1969) | #1,851 |
| 1970s | 1,036 | #1,026 (1971) | #1,148 |
| 1980s | 745 | #1,406 (1981) | #1,623 |
| 1990s | 658 | #1,781 (1990) | #2,133 |
| 2000s | 596 | #2,304 (2001) | #2,799 |
| 2010s | 526 | #2,739 (2016) | #3,128 |
| 2020s | 307 | #2,604 (2022) | #3,184 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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