Girls' name · since 2005
Rakeb
179 babies named Rakeb in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,138 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rakeb currently ranks #16138 among girls' names in America, with 179 babies recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakeb has been recorded 179 times among girls since 2005, currently ranked #16138 nationally and more common than 7% 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 2005 to 2025.
- #20,980 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,138 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakeb ranks #20,980 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,138 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 179 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,980 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,138 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Rakeb's 179 recorded births place it above 70.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rakeb compares
179 35th 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
Rakeb's all-time total is 52% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rakeb | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rakeb's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rakeb splits its recorded history at 2016: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2005 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rakeb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Rakeb by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (115 births, 64% of the file).
2010s was Rakeb's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 64% of all-time use.
Rakeb births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s 44
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 115 births (64% of all-time use).
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- Rakeb's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- 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 Rakeb: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Rakeb 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.