Boys' name · since 1934
Ranny
Ranny has 275 recorded births since 1934 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1951 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1934
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ranny is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 275 have been recorded since 1934.
Ranny has 275 recorded births among boys since 1934, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1934 to 1993.
- #11,136 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 275 born since 1934
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranny ranks #11,136 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 275 born since 1934, peaking in the 1950s.
- #11,136 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 275
- born since 1934
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ranny's 275 recorded births place it above 75.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ranny's SSA record in two at 1951 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1935, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ranny popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1993
- Peak year (1951)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Ranny popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1992 (Ranny as girls' name)
Ranny by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (106 births, 39% of the file).
1950s was Ranny's strongest decade.
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Ranny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 34
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
86 births
- 1950s
1950s
106 births
- 1960s 31
1960s
31 births
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 106 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Ranny's decade-level peak was the 1950s (106 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~59 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, 1934–1993 (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 Ranny 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.