Unisex name · since 1980
Rane
Since 1980, U.S. Social Security records show 226 babies named Rane, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,241 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,930 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
226 babies have been named Rane since 1980, making it today's #6930 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rane has been recorded 226 times among boys since 1980, currently ranked #6930 nationally and more common than 50% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #12,241 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,930 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 226 born since 1980
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rane ranks #12,241 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,930 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 226 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,241 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,930 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 226
- born since 1980
- 1990s
- peak decade
Rane's 226 recorded births place it above 73.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rane compares
226 40th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Rane's all-time total is 39% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rane | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 226 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rane's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1980, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rane popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Rane popularity over time - girls
124 total births recorded since 1969 (Rane as girls' name)
Rane by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (84 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Rane's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Rane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s
1990s
84 births
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s
2020s
36 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 84 births (37% of all-time use).
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- Rane's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (84 total births) through the 2020s (36) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Rane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Rane 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.