Rasa — unisex name
97 babies named Rasa in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Rasa was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rasa in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rasa
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Rasa between 1952 and 2015, spanning 64 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Rasa is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rasa performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rasa 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 97 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.
Rasa at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rasa popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1952
- Peak year (1956)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 64 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
97 total births across 64 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 10 births in a single year.
Rasa popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2019 (Rasa as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Rasa accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rasa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 49 births that decade — 51% of Rasa's all-time total
Rasa decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rasa's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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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, 1952–2015 (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.