Girls' name · since 1999
Rahmah
Rahmah has 218 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rahmah currently ranks #5505 among girls' names in America, with 218 babies recorded since 1999.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rahmah has been recorded 218 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #5505 nationally and more common than 68% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #18,943 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,505 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 218 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rahmah ranks #18,943 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,505 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 218 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,943 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,505 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 218
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rahmah's 218 recorded births place it above 73.79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rahmah compares
218 39th 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
Rahmah's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rahmah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 218 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 23 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rahmah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rahmah splits its recorded history at 2015: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1999 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rahmah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Rahmah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (100 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Rahmah's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Rahmah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 35
2000s
35 births
- 2010s
2010s
100 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 100 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rahmah's data
- Rahmah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (100 total births) through the 2020s (78) -- 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 Rahmah: 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 Rahmah 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.