Rannie — boys' name
205 babies named Rannie in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
33% of everyone ever named Rannie was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Rannie in 1927 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rannie
The Social Security Administration has registered 205 babies named Rannie between 1914 and 1967, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rannie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1967. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 14 babies received it in a single year. Rannie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 45 additional births since 1912.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rannie performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rannie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Mississippi, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rannie in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rannie 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 205 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.
Rannie at a glance
Last recorded 1967Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rannie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1914
- Peak year (1927)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 54 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1967.
205 total births across 54 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1927 with 14 births in a single year.
Rannie popularity over time — girls
45 total births recorded since 1912 (Rannie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rannie accounts for 18% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rannie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 67 births that decade — 33% of Rannie's all-time total
Rannie decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 63 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Rannie's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Rannie by state
Where Rannie concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Mississippi | | 5 | 2.4% |
5 of 205 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Mississippi 2.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Mississippi accounts for 2.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1914–1967 (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.