Rathana — boys' name
51 babies named Rathana in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
65% of everyone ever named Rathana was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Rathana in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rathana
The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Rathana between 1984 and 1998, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rathana currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Rathana is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 13 additional births since 1988.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rathana performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Rathana shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rathana 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 51 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.
Rathana at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rathana popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1984
- Peak year (1986)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
51 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 9 births in a single year.
Rathana popularity over time — girls
13 total births recorded since 1988 (Rathana as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Rathana accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rathana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 33 births that decade — 65% of Rathana's all-time total
Rathana decade highlights
- Peak decade 33 births
- Runner-up 18 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rathana's strongest decade
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% 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, 1984–1998 (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.