Girls' name · since 1973
Rabia
Rabia has 862 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 862
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rabia currently ranks #11169 among girls' names in America, with 862 babies recorded since 1973.
Social Security Administration records show Rabia recorded 862 times among girls since 1973, holding rank #11169 nationally today, ahead of 35% of girls, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #8,323 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,169 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 862 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rabia ranks #8,323 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,169 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 862 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,323 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,169 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 862
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rabia's 862 recorded births place it above 88.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rabia compares
862 Top 35% higher than 65% of 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
Rabia's all-time total is 129% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rabia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 862 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rabia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rabia splits its recorded history at 2000: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1973 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1997 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rabia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Rabia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (257 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Rabia's strongest decade.
257 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Rabia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
151 births
- 1990s
1990s
257 births
- 2000s
2000s
189 births
- 2010s
2010s
135 births
- 2020s 81
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 257 births (30% of all-time use).
How Rabia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Rabia's total volume
Rabia by state
Where Rabia concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 120 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 12 | 1.4% |
| #4 | California | | 11 | 1.3% |
120 of 862 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Rabia's data
- Rabia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (257 total births); usage has since declined to 81 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Rabias (120 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Rabia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Rabia 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.