Raksha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Raksha

The Social Security Administration has registered 138 babies named Raksha between 1994 and 2023, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Raksha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Raksha performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Raksha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Raksha 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 138 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.