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.
- #37,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rahab is the #10648 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 42 recorded since 2007.
Rahab has 42 recorded births among girls since 2007, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10648 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of girls, 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.
- #37,066 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,648 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42 born since 2007
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rahab ranks #37,066 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,648 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42 born since 2007, peaking in the 2010s.
- #37,066 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,648 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42
- born since 2007
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rahab's 42 recorded births place it above 48.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rahab compares
42 14th percentile among 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
Rahab's all-time total is 89% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rahab | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
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 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
2010s is the heaviest window (23 births, 55% of the file).
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).
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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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rahab: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~18 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, 2007–2025 (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 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 August 2026.