Girls' name · since 1978
Ranesha
464 babies named Ranesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 464
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 464 have been recorded since 1978.
Ranesha has 464 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2005.
- #12,406 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 464 born since 1978
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranesha ranks #12,406 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 464 born since 1978, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,406 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 464
- born since 1978
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranesha's 464 recorded births place it above 82.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Florida.
Ranesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ranesha splits its recorded history at 1992: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 32 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ranesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2005
- Peak year (1990)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ranesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (261 births, 56% of the file).
1990s was Ranesha's strongest decade.
261 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Ranesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
137 births
- 1990s
1990s
261 births
- 2000s 56
2000s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 261 births (56% of all-time use).
Ranesha by state
Where Ranesha concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 11 | 2.4% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 5 | 1.1% |
11 of 464 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Ranesha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (261 total births); usage has since declined to 56 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Florida records the most Raneshas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1978–2005 (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 Ranesha 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.