Boys' name · since 1970
Ranier
199 babies named Ranier in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,999 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranier sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 199 recorded since 1970.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranier has been recorded 199 times among boys since 1970, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, 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 1970 to 2003.
- #12,999 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 199 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranier ranks #12,999 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,999 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 199
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranier's 199 recorded births place it above 71.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ranier's full recorded timeline at 1988, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ranier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2003
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Ranier by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Ranier's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Ranier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
70 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Ranier's decade-level peak was the 1990s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Ranier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1970–2003 (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 Ranier 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.