Rana
Rana was the 3203rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1032nd with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 263 places. More babies were named Rana in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,203 girls, down 74 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 50girls
- Girls and boys
- 85% girls, 15% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1971120 babies
- Total since 1880
- 4,732babies recorded
Rana popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,203 | #6,073 | 50 | 15 |
| 2020 | #3,129 | #6,213 | 51 | 14 |
| 2010 | #3,295 | — | 50 | — |
| 2000 | #2,395 | — | 65 | — |
| 1990 | #1,793 | #9,180 | 81 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,456 | — | 84 | — |
| 1970 | #1,150 | — | 101 | — |
| 1960 | #2,707 | — | 21 | — |
| 1950 | #3,375 | — | 11 | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Rana, counting every spelling?
Rana has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Rana?
50 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rana (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rana born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 167 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rana.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rana?
About 4,300 people born in the US named Rana are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 21 and 51. That makes Rana mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Rana by state
How common Rana was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Michigan (4.2×), New York (2.7×). In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Rana
How popular is the name Rana?
Rana was the 3203rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 50 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 1032nd with 120 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 263 places. More babies were named Rana in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Rana a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 85% girls, 15% boys given the name Rana in the US.
Where is Rana most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rana was most common in Michigan (0.13 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Virginia.