Boys' name · since 1912
Rankin
Rankin has 340 recorded births since 1912 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1916 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,913 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
340 boys have been named Rankin since 1912, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rankin has 340 recorded births among boys since 1912, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1912 to 2024.
- #9,913 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 340 born since 1912
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rankin ranks #9,913 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 340 born since 1912, peaking in the 1920s.
- #9,913 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 340
- born since 1912
- 1920s
- peak decade
Rankin's 340 recorded births place it above 78.19% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rankin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rankin's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1912, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1916 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rankin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1912–2024
- Peak year (1916)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Rankin by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (66 births, 19% of the file).
1920s was Rankin's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Rankin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
61 births
- 1920s
1920s
66 births
- 1930s
1930s
52 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
31 births
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
30 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 66 births (19% of all-time use).
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- Rankin's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (66 total births) through the 2020s (24) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rankin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1916)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1912–2024 (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 Rankin 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.