Girls' name · since 1982
Raha
420 babies named Raha in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #13,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 420
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raha currently ranks #1953 among girls' names in America, with 420 babies recorded since 1982.
Raha has 420 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #1953 as of the latest data, more common than 89% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2025.
- #13,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,953 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 420 born since 1982
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raha ranks #13,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,953 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 420 born since 1982, peaking in the 2020s.
- #13,138 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,953 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 420
- born since 1982
- 2020s
- peak decade
Raha's 420 recorded births place it above 81.83% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Raha compares
420 Top 48% higher than 52% 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
Raha's all-time total is 12% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 420 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 99 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raha's full recorded timeline at 2012, 79% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 21% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 99 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 99
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Raha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (261 births, 62% of the file).
2020s was Raha's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Raha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 38
2000s
38 births
- 2010s 93
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
261 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 261 births (62% of all-time use).
Raha by state
Where Raha concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 42 | 10.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 7.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 22 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Washington | | 13 | 3.1% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 12 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 10 | 2.4% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.2% |
42 of 420 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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What to do with Raha's data
- California records the most Rahas (42 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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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, 1982–2025 (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 Raha 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.