Unisex name · since 1983
Rany
21 babies named Rany in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #28,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
21 boys have been named Rany since 1983, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Rany has 21 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2008.
- #28,798 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 21 born since 1983
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rany ranks #28,798 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1983, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,798 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 21
- born since 1983
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rany's 21 recorded births place it above 36.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rany's full recorded timeline at 1989, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rany popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2008
- Peak year (1987)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Rany popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 1985 (Rany as girls' name)
Rany by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 76% of the file).
1980s was Rany's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Rany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (76% of all-time use).
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What to do with Rany's data
- Rany's decade-level peak was the 1980s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Rany: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1983–2008 (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 Rany 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.