Boys' name · since 2015
Rakari
48 babies named Rakari in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,400 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rakari currently ranks #6400 among boys' names in America, with 48 babies recorded since 2015.
Social Security Administration records show Rakari recorded 48 times among boys since 2015, holding rank #6400 nationally today, ahead of 54% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #22,503 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,400 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 48 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakari ranks #22,503 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,400 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 48 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,503 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,400 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 48
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rakari's 48 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rakari compares
48 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Rakari's all-time total is 87% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rakari | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rakari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rakari's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2015, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rakari popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Rakari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (38 births, 79% of the file).
2020s was Rakari's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Rakari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 10
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 38 births (79% of all-time use).
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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, 2015–2025 (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 Rakari 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.