Girls' name · since 1976
Rachna
Since 1976, U.S. Social Security records show 213 babies named Rachna, peaking in 1979. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rachna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 213 have been recorded since 1976.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rachna has been recorded 213 times among girls since 1976, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2011.
- #19,181 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rachna ranks #19,181 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,181 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rachna's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rachna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rachna's full recorded timeline at 1991, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rachna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2011
- Peak year (1979)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Rachna by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (75 births, 35% of the file).
1980s was Rachna's strongest decade.
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Rachna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s
1990s
54 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 75 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Rachna's decade-level peak was the 1980s (75 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rachna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1976–2011 (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 Rachna 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.