Unisex name · since 1964
Raney
Raney has 342 recorded births since 1964 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2004 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 342
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raney is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 342 have been recorded since 1964.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raney has been recorded 342 times among girls since 1964, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1964 to 2023.
- #14,839 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 342 born since 1964
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raney ranks #14,839 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 342 born since 1964, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,839 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 342
- born since 1964
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raney's 342 recorded births place it above 79.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Raney's full recorded timeline at 1996, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Raney popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1964–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Raney popularity over time - boys
71 total births recorded since 1917 (Raney as boys' name)
Raney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (103 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Raney's strongest decade.
103 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Raney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
46 births
- 1980s
1980s
42 births
- 1990s
1990s
92 births
- 2000s
2000s
103 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 103 births (30% of all-time use).
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What to do with Raney's data
- Raney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (103 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- 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 Raney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1964–2023 (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 Raney 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.