Girls' name · since 1975
Ranika
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 143 babies named Ranika, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranika is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 143 have been recorded since 1975.
Social Security Administration records show Ranika recorded 143 times among girls since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 1998.
- #23,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranika ranks #23,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ranika's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranika's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ranika splits its recorded history at 1989: 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 1982 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 17 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ranika popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1998
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Ranika by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (85 births, 59% of the file).
1990s was Ranika's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Ranika births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
85 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 85 births (59% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranika: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~23 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, 1975–1998 (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 Ranika 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.