Rakin — boys' name
117 babies named Rakin in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Rakin was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rakin in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rakin
The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Rakin between 1988 and 2019, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rakin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rakin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 58 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Rakin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rakin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rakin 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 117 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.
Rakin at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rakin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1988
- Peak year (2007)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
117 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 14 births in a single year.
Rakin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 58 births that decade — 50% of Rakin's all-time total
Rakin decade highlights
- Peak decade 58 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rakin's strongest decade
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Rakin by state
Where Rakin concentrates geographically — total births since 1988
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 117 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 4.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1988–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.