Girls' name · since 1953
Ranette
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 104 babies named Ranette, peaking in 1960. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ranette sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 104 recorded since 1953.
Ranette has 104 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1982.
- #26,717 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 104 born since 1953
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranette ranks #26,717 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 104 born since 1953, peaking in the 1960s.
- #26,717 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 104
- born since 1953
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ranette's 104 recorded births place it above 63.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ranette's full recorded timeline at 1967, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ranette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1982
- Peak year (1960)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Ranette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (56 births, 54% of the file).
1960s was Ranette's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Ranette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 1960s
1960s
56 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 56 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Ranette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (56 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 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, 1953–1982 (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 Ranette 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.