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Rana

Girls' name · Late 20th-century

Living in the US
~4,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#3,167 among girls
Births in 2025
65 4,732 since 1880
Typical age
36 years, median

Rana popularity over time

Rana rank by birth year, 1942–2025Rana ranked #4,124 in 1942 and #3,167 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,026, in 1971.#1,000#3,167best #1,026 in 19711960198020002020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1942–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Rana in 1971 than in any other year — 120 of them. 1942 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. The 2025 position is #3,167, on 65 births.

Year on year the rank improved by 528.

Babies named Rana per yearPeaks at 120 births in 1971.120 in 197101960198020002020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Rana?

An estimated 4,500 living Americans are called Rana. That is out of 4,732 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Rana?

Half of living Ranas are older than 36, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1970s. By the site’s era rules that makes Rana a late 20th-century name.

Your Rana

Ages of living people named RanaHalf of living Ranas are older than 36 and half younger.median 36020406080
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Rana is most common

Rana is 4.1× as common in Michigan as it is nationally.

Where Rana is used more than average2 states use the name Rana more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: 4.1× the national rateMINew York: 2.8× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Rana is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Michigan 60 4.1×
New York 87 2.8×

Is Rana a boy's or a girl's name?

96% girls4% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

The name leans girls, but 15.0% of births in the last decade were boys. Across the whole record, 96.2% of births under the name were girls.

Rana in England and Wales

ONS recorded 29 births named Rana in 2025, ranking it #1,613. That is 53% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Rana comes from

Transliteration match to Bengali not adjudicated. Which tradition dominates US usage of this spelling is a judgement the birth records do not answer, so no origin is claimed..

Notable people named Rana

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Rana Dajani Jordanian biologist, and academic 2000 31
Rana Sanga Maharana of Mewar 1482–1528 23
Rana Bahadur Shah King of Nepal 1775–1806 21
Rana Ayyub Indian Journalist 1984 21
Rana el Kaliouby Egyptian-American computer scientist and entrepreneur 1978 18
Rana Hussein Daughter of Saddam Hussein 1971 17
Rana Azadivar Iranian actress 1983 14
Rana Ahmad Syrian activist 1985 14
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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