Rania
Rania is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
- Arabic
Meaning & Origin of Rania
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rania is a name with a single cultural origin: Arabic.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Arabic
The Story of Rania
American parents first put Rania on the record books as a baby girl name in 1963, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 128 Ranias were born — ranking #1,651 that year. About 31% of every Rania on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rania ranks #2,085 for baby girls with 93 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Rania
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rania. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Rania
Rania is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Rania's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #1,651. Use the chart and map above to compare Rania's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.