Girls' name · since 1989
Rakiya
Since 1989, U.S. Social Security records show 428 babies named Rakiya, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 428
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rakiya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 428 recorded since 1989.
Rakiya has 428 recorded births among girls since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2024.
- #12,991 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 428 born since 1989
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rakiya ranks #12,991 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 428 born since 1989, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,991 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 428
- born since 1989
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rakiya's 428 recorded births place it above 82.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Illinois.
Rakiya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rakiya's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2014, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rakiya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Rakiya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (206 births, 48% of the file).
2000s was Rakiya's strongest decade.
206 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Rakiya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 9
1980s
9 births
- 1990s
1990s
99 births
- 2000s
2000s
206 births
- 2010s
2010s
96 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 206 births (48% of all-time use).
Rakiya by state
Where Rakiya concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
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- Rakiya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (206 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Illinois records the most Rakiyas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Illinois names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rakiya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1989–2024 (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 Rakiya 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.