Ra

Girl · recorded 1969–2010

  • 2010last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ra.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1969

02319691979199020002010

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 4 recorded years as a table
Ra, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19693
19783
19963
20103

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ra isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2010
5
Rank in 2010
#16,992
How rare
1 in 355,519 girls
Since 1969
20

Ra was last recorded in 2010. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 3 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ra doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.