Ranada — girls' name
309 babies named Ranada in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Ranada was born in this single decade.
116 babies were named Ranada in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ranada
The Social Security Administration has registered 309 babies named Ranada between 1959 and 1995, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ranada currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1995. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 116 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ranada performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ranada shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 41 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Ranada in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ranada 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 309 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.
Ranada at a glance
Last recorded 1995Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ranada popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–1959
- Peak year (1980)
- 116
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1995.
309 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 116 births in a single year.
Ranada by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 234 births that decade — 76% of Ranada's all-time total
Ranada decade highlights
- Peak decade 234 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ranada's strongest decade
234 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Ranada by state
Where Ranada concentrates geographically — total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 41 | 13.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 17 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Missouri | | 8 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 7 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.6% |
41 of 309 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 13.3% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.5% of nationwide
- Missouri 2.6% of nationwide
- Mississippi 2.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 13.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ranada appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1959–1995 (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.