Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Rana

#2,562 most common girls' name of all time · #4,364 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1942–2025

Rank among girls
#2,562
Rank overall
#4,364 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
4,732
Since 2016
622
Peak year
1971 #1,030
Best rank
#1,030 1971
Girls Boys peak 120/yr
1960198020002020

Rana first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 50 15 65 #3,182
2024 41 13 54 #3,709
2023 48 48 #3,344
2022 67 9 76 #2,615
2021 50 8 58 #3,223
2020 51 14 65 #3,106
2019 59 9 68 #2,825
2018 56 7 63 #2,935
2017 44 10 54 #3,498
2016 63 8 71 #2,746
2015 46 13 59 #3,440
2014 52 10 62 #3,153
2013 55 6 61 #3,019
2012 55 7 62 #3,057
2011 46 11 57 #3,465
2010 50 50 #3,268
2009 49 49 #3,371
2008 67 67 #2,724
2007 49 49 #3,390
2006 47 47 #3,438
2005 65 6 71 #2,615
2004 59 59 #2,753
2003 71 71 #2,351
2002 55 5 60 #2,756
2001 69 6 75 #2,313
2000 65 65 #2,380
1999 68 68 #2,209
1998 69 7 76 #2,113
1997 64 64 #2,165
1996 68 68 #2,047
1995 61 61 #2,198
1994 70 70 #2,006
1993 43 43 #2,790
1992 62 62 #2,166
1991 72 72 #1,942
1990 81 5 86 #1,788
1989 76 5 81 #1,774
1988 78 78 #1,666
1987 83 83 #1,540
1986 60 60 #1,873
1985 67 67 #1,717
1984 70 70 #1,597
1983 67 67 #1,655
1982 73 73 #1,602
1981 87 87 #1,411
1980 84 84 #1,455
1979 92 92 #1,345
1978 103 103 #1,215
1977 111 111 #1,144
1976 113 113 #1,084
1975 114 114 #1,047
1974 95 5 100 #1,180
1973 96 96 #1,147
1972 91 91 #1,186
1971 120 120 #1,030
1970 101 101 #1,150
1969 76 76 #1,299
1968 60 60 #1,467
1967 50 50 #1,613
1966 37 37 #1,906
1965 41 41 #1,791
1964 43 43 #1,800
1963 45 45 #1,734
1962 31 31 #2,152
1961 28 28 #2,286
1960 21 21 #2,706
1959 18 18 #2,833
1958 23 23 #2,435
1957 10 10 #4,115
1956 16 16 #3,024
1955 15 15 #3,059
1954 25 25 #2,177
1953 11 11 #3,645
1952 23 23 #2,188
1951 17 17 #2,567
1950 11 11 #3,394
1949 14 14 #2,841
1948 20 20 #2,252
1947 9 9 #3,965
1946 13 13 #2,871
1945 8 8 #3,661
1944 5 5 #5,135
1943 9 9 #3,486
1942 6 6 #4,613