Girls' name · since 1948
Ragena
Since 1948, U.S. Social Security records show 66 babies named Ragena, peaking in 1948. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
66 girls have been named Ragena since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ragena has been recorded 66 times among girls since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1970s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1978.
- #31,830 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 66 born since 1948
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ragena ranks #31,830 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 66 born since 1948, peaking in the 1970s.
- #31,830 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 66
- born since 1948
- 1970s
- peak decade
Ragena's 66 recorded births place it above 55.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ragena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ragena's SSA record in two at 1967 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1950, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1948 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ragena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1978
- Peak year (1948)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Ragena by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (23 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Ragena's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Ragena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 9
1940s
9 births
- 1950s
1950s
17 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s
1970s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 23 births (35% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ragena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1948)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1948–1978 (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 Ragena 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.