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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |