Boys' name · since 2019
Rah
Rah has 36 recorded births since 2019 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,565 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rah is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 36 have been recorded since 2019.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rah has been recorded 36 times among boys since 2019, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2019 to 2024.
- #24,565 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 36 born since 2019
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rah ranks #24,565 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 2019, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,565 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 36
- born since 2019
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rah's 36 recorded births place it above 45.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rah splits its recorded history at 2021: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2019 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–2024
- Peak year (2019)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Rah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (27 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Rah's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Rah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 9
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 27 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~5 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, 2019–2024 (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 Rah 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.