NameTides

Rana

Rana was the #3,167 girls' name in the US in 2025 (50 babies), and #2,138 in England & Wales.

Rana as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Rana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Rana as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, 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 & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#3,167 (50)#2,138 (13)———
2024#3,695 (41)#1,743 (17)——#1,949 (11)
2023#3,329 (48)#1,525 (20)—#856 (3)#1,678 (13)
2022#2,604 (67)#1,621 (18)——#1,635 (13)
2021#3,215 (50)#1,962 (14)——#1,454 (16)
2020#3,091 (51)#1,939 (14)——#1,662 (13)
2019#2,814 (59)#1,940 (14)——#1,002 (26)
2018#2,928 (56)#1,977 (14)#809 (3)#896 (3)#2,151 (9)
2017#3,479 (44)#1,733 (17)——#1,454 (16)
2016#2,739 (63)#2,233 (12)#798 (3)—#1,191 (21)
2015#3,429 (46)#2,328 (11)——#1,757 (12)
2014#3,137 (52)#1,702 (17)——#2,185 (9)
2013#3,005 (55)#2,313 (11)——#1,599 (14)
2012#3,040 (55)#1,720 (17)——#1,531 (15)
2011#3,452 (46)#1,374 (22)——#1,305 (18)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1975 at #1,043.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1942.
  • In 2025, 77% of US babies named Rana were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 32,000 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 32,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Rana is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 53,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Rana 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: #1,210MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: #1,742CAUtah: 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: #1,180VAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Rana (girls) 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#1,5856

Rana (girls): 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
RanaCanadaGirls—too few
RanaCanadaBoys#3,1535
RanaEngland & WalesGirls#2,13813
RanaEngland & WalesBoys#1,61316
RanaIrelandGirls—too few
RanaIrelandBoys#8293
RanaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RanaScotlandGirls—too few
RanaScotlandBoys—too few
RanaUSGirls#3,16750
RanaUSBoys#5,86115