Total births
42
Girls' name · since 2007
Rahab
42 babies named Rahab in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 42
- total births
- 2007–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
Rahab is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 42 have been recorded since 2007.
Rahab has 42 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- 42 total births
- 2007–2025 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 55% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
42 girls have been named Rahab since 2007, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 42
- total births
- 2007–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 55%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
55% of everyone ever named Rahab was born in this single decade.
2025
Single peak year
9 babies were named Rahab in 2025 - its busiest year on record.
Rahab's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rahab's full recorded timeline at 2016, 64% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 36% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2007, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rahab at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2025
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2007
Rahab popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rahab by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Rahab's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Rahab births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
23 births
- 2020s
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 23 births (55% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Rahab? ▼
Rahab has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2007, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 9 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
When was Rahab most popular? ▼
Rahab was most popular in the 2010s decade with 23 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Rahab been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Rahab since 2007 -- 19 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Rahab? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rahma, Rahaf, Rahel, Raha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Rahab's data
- Rahab's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2020s (14) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Rahab
Nearby Names Like Rahab
Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Rahab
Rahma Girl
#2261 1,532 births
Rahaf Girl
#3066 887 births
Rahel Girl
#12433 511 births
Raha Girl
#2258 420 births
Rahmah Girl
#6549 218 births
Compare Rahab side by side: Rahab vs Rahma Rahab vs Rahaf Rahab vs Rahel
Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 2007–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Rahab: Baby Name Since 2007 - 42 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/rahab. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Rahab 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 July 2026.