Girls' name · since 1885
Ragna
Ragna has 201 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ragna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 201 recorded since 1885.
Ragna has 201 recorded births among girls since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1927.
- #19,782 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 201 born since 1885
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ragna ranks #19,782 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 1885, peaking in the 1910s.
- #19,782 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 201
- born since 1885
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ragna's 201 recorded births place it above 72.63% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Dakota.
Ragna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ragna splits its recorded history at 1905: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1901 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ragna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1927
- Peak year (1915)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Ragna by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (83 births, 41% of the file).
1910s was Ragna's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Ragna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 27
1880s
27 births
- 1890s
1890s
58 births
- 1900s 23
1900s
23 births
- 1910s
1910s
83 births
- 1920s 10
1920s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 83 births (41% of all-time use).
Ragna by state
Where Ragna concentrates geographically, total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Dakota | | 5 | 2.5% |
5 of 201 births nationwide.
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- Ragna's decade-level peak was the 1910s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 1920s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Dakota records the most Ragnas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Dakota names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ragna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1885–1927 (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 Ragna 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.