Recorded 1942–2025 · United States
Rana was most popular in 1971, when 120 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,721 that year. In 2025 it ranked #4,676, with 65 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,732 people named Rana.
Rana first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1942, which makes it about 83 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 84 of the 84 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,732 American births named Rana between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 4,527 are estimated to be alive today.
65 American babies were named Rana in 2025, ranking #4,676 that year.
Rana is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 60 births a year, against 60 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +0% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Rana is a girl’s name — 96.2% of the 4,732 Americans given it were girls and 3.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 85% girls and 15% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 4,527 Americans named Rana are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 37 years old, and half are between 20 and 51. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org