Girls' name · since 1959
Raena
Raena has 1,653 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,096 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,653
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raena is the #4096 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,653 recorded since 1959.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raena has been recorded 1,653 times among girls since 1959, currently ranked #4096 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #5,363 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,096 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,653 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raena ranks #5,363 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,096 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,653 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,363 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,096 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,653
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raena's 1,653 recorded births place it above 92.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Raena compares
1,653 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Raena's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,653 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raena's full recorded timeline at 1995, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Raena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (380 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Raena's strongest decade.
380 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Raena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 38
1960s
38 births
- 1970s
1970s
177 births
- 1980s
1980s
197 births
- 1990s
1990s
266 births
- 2000s
2000s
380 births
- 2010s
2010s
362 births
- 2020s
2020s
228 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 380 births (23% of all-time use).
How Raena 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 Raena's total volume
Raena by state
Where Raena concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 98 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Florida | | 15 | 0.9% |
| #3 | Wisconsin | | 14 | 0.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #7 | Texas | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Washington | | 5 | 0.3% |
98 of 1,653 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Raena's data
- Raena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (380 total births) through the 2020s (228) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Raenas (98 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Raena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Raena 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.