Recorded 1973–2022 Girls' name Peak 2006 324 births

Rehana — girls' name

324 babies named Rehana in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s211980s631990s582000s842010s852020s13
2010s
Peak decade

26% of everyone ever named Rehana was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

16 babies were named Rehana in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rehana

The Social Security Administration has registered 324 babies named Rehana between 1973 and 2022, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rehana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rehana performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Rehana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rehana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rehana 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 324 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.

Rehana at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

324

Since 1973

50 years of records

Peak year

2006

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1973

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2022

Rehana popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1973

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2006)
16
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
05101520 20222015200920011995198719811973 7

Rehana by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
85 births that decade — 26% of Rehana's all-time total
1970s211980s631990s582000s842010s852020s13

Rehana by state

Where Rehana concentrates geographically — total births since 1973

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rehana
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
5 1.5%
New York share of Rehana's total US births 1.5%

5 of 324 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rehana?
324 babies have been named Rehana since 1973. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2006 with 16 births.
When was Rehana most popular?
Rehana was most popular in the 2010s decade with 85 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Rehana most popular?
The top states for the name Rehana are New York (5 births).
How long has the name Rehana been used?
Rehana has been recorded in Social Security data since 1973, spanning 50 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Rehana?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Reham, Rehmat, Rehanna, Rehema, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1973–2022 (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.