Girls' name · since 1998
Raea
135 babies named Raea in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raea currently ranks #15813 among girls' names in America, with 135 babies recorded since 1998.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raea has been recorded 135 times among girls since 1998, currently ranked #15813 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #23,899 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,813 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 135 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raea ranks #23,899 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,813 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 135 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,899 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,813 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 135
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raea's 135 recorded births place it above 66.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raea compares
135 30th 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
Raea's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raea | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 135 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raea's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2016)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Raea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (73 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Raea's strongest decade.
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Raea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 73 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Raea's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (73 total births) through the 2020s (41) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2016)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1998–2025 (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 Raea 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.