Unisex name · since 1999
Rahi
Rahi has 204 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,840 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Rahi is the #4840 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 204 recorded since 1999.
Rahi has 204 recorded births among girls since 1999, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4840 as of the latest data, more common than 72% 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 1999 to 2025.
- #19,618 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,840 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rahi ranks #19,618 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,840 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 204 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,618 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,840 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rahi's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Rahi compares
204 37th 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
Rahi's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rahi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rahi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rahi's full recorded timeline at 2013, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 28 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rahi popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #4840 among girls.
204 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 28 births in a single year.
Rahi popularity over time - boys
62 total births recorded since 1998 (Rahi as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Rahi accounts for 23% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rahi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (80 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Rahi's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Rahi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
47 births
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (39% of all-time use).
Rahi decade highlights
- Peak decade 80 births
- Runner-up 72 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Rahi by state
Where Rahi concentrates geographically, total births since 1999
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 2.9% |
6 of 204 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Rahi's data
- Texas records the most Rahis (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Rahi: 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 (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Rahi 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.
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