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How popular is the name Rana?

Births per year, rank history and how many Ranas are alive today.

Rana (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. The name peaked in 2009, when 32 babies were given the name, the 1004th most popular that year. It has declined since 2009; the 2025 figure is roughly 41% of its peak.

The Rana you are most likely to meet is around 16 years old. Half of all Ranas born in England and Wales are between 9 and 24, and there are at least 510 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Rana - on average, only one in every 618 such rooms contains a Rana.

How many babies are named Rana each year?

0102030200020201996: 101997: 71998: 71999: 92000: 92001: 122002: 92003: 192004: 162005: 172006: 152007: 112008: 222009: 322010: 162011: 222012: 172013: 112014: 172015: 112016: 122017: 172018: 142019: 142020: 142021: 142022: 182023: 202024: 172025: 13actual

Where does Rana rank among girls' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 1,6461997: ranked 2,1521998: ranked 2,1651999: ranked 1,8052000: ranked 1,8312001: ranked 1,5202002: ranked 1,9282003: ranked 1,1762004: ranked 1,3832005: ranked 1,3432006: ranked 1,5852007: ranked 2,0852008: ranked 1,3022009: ranked 1,0042010: ranked 1,7312011: ranked 1,3742012: ranked 1,7202013: ranked 2,3132014: ranked 1,7022015: ranked 2,3282016: ranked 2,2332017: ranked 1,7332018: ranked 1,9772019: ranked 1,9402020: ranked 1,9392021: ranked 1,9622022: ranked 1,6212023: ranked 1,5252024: ranked 1,7432025: ranked 2,138

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Rana per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 32 in 2009
Rana: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Rana most popular?

Rana peaked in 2009, when 32 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Rana?

At least 510 people named Rana born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Rana?

Most living Ranas are between 9 and 24; the most common age is about 16.

Is Rana becoming more or less popular?

Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2009 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.






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