Recorded 2011–2023 Girls' name Peak 2012 59 births

Raeah — girls' name

59 babies named Raeah in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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2010s
Peak decade

68% of everyone ever named Raeah was born in this single decade.

2012
Single peak year

8 babies were named Raeah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Raeah

The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Raeah between 2011 and 2023, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raeah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raeah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Raeah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raeah 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 59 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.

Raeah at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

59

Since 2011

13 years of records

Peak year

2012

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2011

Recorded for 13 years

Last year on file: 2023

Raeah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2011

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2012)
8
Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
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Raeah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
40 births that decade — 68% of Raeah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Raeah?
59 babies have been named Raeah since 2011. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2012 with 8 births.
When was Raeah most popular?
Raeah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
How long has the name Raeah been used?
Raeah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2011, spanning 13 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Raeah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Raelynn, Raegan, Rae, Raelyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2011–2023 (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.