Girls' name · since 1994
Raksha
Since 1994, U.S. Social Security records show 143 babies named Raksha, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,680 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raksha currently ranks #15680 among girls' names in America, with 143 babies recorded since 1994.
Raksha has 143 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15680 as of the latest data, more common than 9% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #23,302 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,680 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raksha ranks #23,302 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,680 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 143 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,302 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,680 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Raksha's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Raksha compares
143 31st 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
Raksha's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raksha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raksha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raksha's full recorded timeline at 2013, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raksha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2002)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Raksha by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (63 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Raksha's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Raksha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 63 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Raksha's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (63 total births) through the 2020s (28) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raksha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Raksha 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.