Rupa — girls' name
153 babies named Rupa in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Rupa was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Rupa in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rupa
The Social Security Administration has registered 153 babies named Rupa between 1969 and 1987, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rupa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rupa performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rupa shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. 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 Rupa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rupa 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 153 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.
Rupa at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rupa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1969
- Peak year (1978)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
153 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 12 births in a single year.
Rupa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 78 births that decade — 51% of Rupa's all-time total
Rupa decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rupa's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Rupa by state
Where Rupa concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 153 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.3% 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, 1969–1987 (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.