Rada — #13475 US girls' name
464 babies named Rada in U.S. Social Security records since 1893, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 24% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Rada was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Rada in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rada
The Social Security Administration has registered 464 babies named Rada between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rada currently holds the #13475 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rada performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rada shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rada in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 464 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rada at a glance
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Current rank
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Rada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1893
- Peak year (1921)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 132 years of records
Currently ranks #13475 among girls.
464 total births across 132 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 15 births in a single year.
Rada by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 93 births that decade — 20% of Rada's all-time total
Rada decade highlights
- Peak decade 93 births
- Runner-up 80 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Rada's strongest decade
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1893–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.