Ran — #12338 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ran

The Social Security Administration has registered 94 babies named Ran between 1887 and 2024, spanning 138 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ran currently holds the #12338 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Ran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2014.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ran performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ran shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ran 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 94 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.