Girls' name · since 2000
Raniah
Raniah has 401 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,966 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 401
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Raniah is the #13966 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 401 recorded since 2000.
Raniah has 401 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13966 as of the latest data, more common than 19% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #13,495 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,966 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 401 born since 2000
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raniah ranks #13,495 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,966 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 401 born since 2000, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,495 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,966 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 401
- born since 2000
- 2000s
- peak decade
Raniah's 401 recorded births place it above 81.34% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Raniah compares
401 Top 49% higher than 51% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Raniah's all-time total is 7% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Raniah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 401 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 21 | 19,840 |
Raniah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Raniah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 41% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 59%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Raniah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Raniah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (180 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Raniah's strongest decade.
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Raniah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
180 births
- 2010s
2010s
170 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 180 births (45% of all-time use).
Raniah by state
Where Raniah concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
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- Raniah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (180 total births); usage has since declined to 51 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Raniahs (15 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Raniah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Raniah 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.