How rare is the name Rana?

8,124 people in the United States have the first name Rana, about 1 in 37,178. It ranks #2,845 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RANA

#2,845

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,124
About
1 in 37,178
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,124 people named Rana, 71.1% reported their origin as White, 15.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 6% as Black. 90.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rana peaked in 1971, when 120 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19422025
Peak year
1971
Births that year
120
In 2025*
65 ▼46%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,732 babies have been given the name since 1942. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Rana by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,909. The largest share of babies named Rana, 29.4%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1940s#5,53784
1950s#4,333169
1960s#2,815432
1970s#1,9091,041
1980s#2,613750
1990s#3,516670
2000s#4,672613
2010s#4,925607
2020s#4,891366
Silent Generation 1928–450.6%
Baby boom 1946–648.3%
Generation X 1965–8029.4%
Millennials 1981–9623.8%
Generation Z 1997–1220.9%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Rana is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rana has been most common in Michigan (4.4×), California (2.6×), and New York (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.35×).

1,956 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Rana

#2,843 Anibal · 8,137#2,844 Soren · 8,135#2,846 Williams · 8,123#2,847 Eula · 8,120

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rana, most common first.

#2,361 Rayna · 10,648#2,416 Raina · 10,301#3,910 Rania · 5,000#4,463 Rama · 4,175#5,164 Rani · 3,382#5,831 Ran · 2,849#7,387 Ranae · 2,072#9,981 Raena · 1,357

Also a last name

As a last name, Rana ranks #3,524 of 156,621, with 9,881 people. See Rana as a last name

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