girl's name

Rakia

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 574

Rakia is a girl's name. In 2012 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1999, when 27 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1974.

Rakia over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2012, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Rakia by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 44
1980s 142
1990s 198
2000s 109
2010s (to 2012) 11

How popular is Rakia?

In 2012, Rakia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Rakia is used

France #6,138 5 in 2017
United States #17,141 5 in 2012

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Rakia

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Rakia also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Rakia over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Rakia

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Rakia — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Rakia

How popular is the name Rakia?

In 2012, Rakia was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Rakia is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Rakia most popular?

Rakia peaked in 1999, when 27 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.