Girls' name · since 1985
Raniesha
Raniesha has 50 recorded births since 1985 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raniesha is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 50 have been recorded since 1985.
Raniesha has 50 recorded births among girls since 1985, 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 1985 to 1996.
- #35,092 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 50 born since 1985
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Raniesha ranks #35,092 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 50 born since 1985, peaking in the 1990s.
- #35,092 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 50
- born since 1985
- 1990s
- peak decade
Raniesha's 50 recorded births place it above 51.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Raniesha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Raniesha splits its recorded history at 1992: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1985 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Raniesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1996
- Peak year (1994)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Raniesha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (45 births, 90% of the file).
1990s was Raniesha's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 90% of all-time use.
Raniesha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (90% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Raniesha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~11 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, 1985–1996 (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 Raniesha 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.