Unisex name · since 1982
Rabab
167 babies named Rabab in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,636 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rabab is the #7636 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 167 recorded since 1982.
Social Security Administration records show Rabab recorded 167 times among girls since 1982, holding rank #7636 nationally today, ahead of 56% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #21,682 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,636 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 167 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rabab ranks #21,682 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,636 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 167 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,682 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,636 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 167
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rabab's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Rabab compares
167 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rabab's all-time total is 56% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rabab | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 167 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rabab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rabab's full recorded timeline at 2005, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1987, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rabab popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Rabab popularity over time - boys
17 total births recorded since 2024 (Rabab as boys' name)
Rabab by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Rabab's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Rabab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
42 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (34% of all-time use).
Rabab by state
Where Rabab concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 6.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 7 | 4.2% |
10 of 167 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Rababs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rabab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~43 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1982–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rabab draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.