Rakyah — girls' name
48 babies named Rakyah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
85% of everyone ever named Rakyah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Rakyah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rakyah
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Rakyah between 2002 and 2011, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rakyah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rakyah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rakyah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rakyah 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 48 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.
Rakyah at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rakyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2002
- Peak year (2008)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
48 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 17 births in a single year.
Rakyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 41 births that decade — 85% of Rakyah's all-time total
Rakyah decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rakyah's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2011 (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.