Girls' name · since 2001

Ranyah

Ranyah has 194 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#20,138 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,458 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
194
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade

Ranyah currently ranks #11458 among girls' names in America, with 194 babies recorded since 2001.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranyah has been recorded 194 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #11458 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.

  • #20,138 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #11,458 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 194 born since 2001
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranyah ranks #20,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 194 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.

#20,138 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#11,458 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
194
born since 2001
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%33.7%
Ranyah vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ranyah's 194 recorded births place it above 72.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ranyah compares

194 36th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ranyah's all-time total is 48% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ranyah Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 194 376 567,345
Peak-year births 19 21 19,840

Ranyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ranyah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2017, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 19 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ranyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2008)
19
Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
05101520 20012006200920122016202020242025 8

Ranyah by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (89 births, 46% of the file).

2000s was Ranyah's strongest decade.

89 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.

Ranyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 89 births (46% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ranyah?
Ranyah has been given to 194 babies in the U.S. since 2001, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #20,138 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #11,458 of 17,297. 19 babies were born in 2008, its single highest year.
Where does Ranyah sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranyah ranks #20,138 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,458 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ranyah most popular?
Ranyah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 89 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
How long has the name Ranyah been used?
Ranyah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2001, spanning 25 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ranyah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Randi, Randy, Rana, Randa, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ranyah's data

  • Ranyah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (89 total births) through the 2020s (33) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ranyah

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ranyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2001–2025 (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 Ranyah 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.