Rakia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rakia

The Social Security Administration has registered 504 babies named Rakia between 1974 and 2012, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rakia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rakia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 198 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rakia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Rakia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rakia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 504 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.