NameTides

Rakan

Rakan was the #1,886 boys' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #1,705 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Rakan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Rakan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUSCanada
Rakan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,886 (83)#1,705 (15)#2,789 (6)
2024#2,637 (50)#2,089 (11)#1,764 (11)
2023#2,129 (68)#1,800 (13)#1,342 (15)
2022#2,269 (63)#1,534 (16)#2,810 (5)
2021#3,362 (34)#1,984 (11)#1,478 (13)
2020#3,570 (30)#3,848 (4)#2,197 (7)
2019#2,464 (54)#2,488 (8)#2,189 (7)
2018#2,325 (57)#2,259 (9)#1,175 (17)
2017#2,637 (47)#2,324 (9)#2,010 (8)
2016#2,387 (54)#2,027 (11)#1,683 (10)
2015#3,299 (34)#3,373 (5)#1,956 (8)
2014#3,297 (33)#2,459 (8)#1,936 (8)
2013#3,405 (31)#3,315 (5)#1,771 (9)
2012#4,003 (25)#3,416 (5)#2,666 (5)
2011#4,356 (22)#3,300 (5)#2,629 (5)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #1,886.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1981.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rakan is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 32,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rakan by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #517MINew York: #770NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,829CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #765ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,831FL
Rakan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Rakan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RakanCanadaBoys#2,7896
RakanEngland & WalesBoys#1,70515
RakanNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RakanUSBoys#1,88683