Recorded 2004–2013 Girls' name Peak 2008 45 births

Ranijah — girls' name

45 babies named Ranijah in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s332010s12
2000s
Peak decade

73% of everyone ever named Ranijah was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

10 babies were named Ranijah in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Ranijah

The Social Security Administration has registered 45 babies named Ranijah between 2004 and 2013, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ranijah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ranijah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ranijah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ranijah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ranijah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 45 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Ranijah at a glance

Last recorded 2013

Total births

45

Since 2004

10 years of records

Peak year

2008

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2013

Active since

2004

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 2013

Ranijah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2004

Last recorded 2013
Peak year (2008)
10
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
4681012 201320112009200820072004 5

Ranijah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
33 births that decade — 73% of Ranijah's all-time total
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Ranijah by state

Where Ranijah concentrates geographically — total births since 2004

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Ranijah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Florida
5 11.1%
Florida share of Ranijah's total US births 11.1%

5 of 45 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ranijah?
45 babies have been named Ranijah since 2004. It was last recorded in 2013. The peak year was 2008 with 10 births.
When was Ranijah most popular?
Ranijah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Ranijah most popular?
The top states for the name Ranijah are Florida (5 births).
How long has the name Ranijah been used?
Ranijah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2004, spanning 10 years of data through 2013.
What names are similar to Ranijah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Randi, Randy, Rana, Randa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2004–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.