Ratha — boys' name
50 babies named Ratha in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Ratha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Ratha in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ratha
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Ratha between 1984 and 1992, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ratha currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Ratha is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1987.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ratha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Ratha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ratha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ratha 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 50 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.
Ratha at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ratha popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1984
- Peak year (1991)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
50 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 9 births in a single year.
Ratha popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1987 (Ratha as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ratha accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ratha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 31 births that decade — 62% of Ratha's all-time total
Ratha decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ratha's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Ratha by state
Where Ratha concentrates geographically — total births since 1984
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% 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, 1984–1992 (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.