Ran

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
Given to boys 86.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
1887 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
94
since 1887

Ran over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #921, 1887girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#12,3495
2023#12,2395
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016#16,2155
2015
2014#16,5135
2013#9,6557
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#10,7666
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994#8,8005
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986#6,7215
1985
1984#6,3155
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979#4,4038
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974
1973
1972
1971
1970
1969
1968
1967
1966
1965#3,2447
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960#4,0385
1959
1958#3,9445
1957
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950
1949#3,6905
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1931
1930
1929
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1925
1924#4,3475
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919#4,1685
1918#3,7286
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1887#9215
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First appearance
1887

The first year at least five boys were named Ran! It came in at #921, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1917, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ran
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1887
  • Peaked 1887 at #921 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1887
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,282
  • Highest: 1 in 20,282 boys born in 1887 were named Ran (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 19.1% of all boys named Ran (18) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#921 (1887)#921
1890s0
1900s0
1910s11#3,728 (1918)#3,948
1920s5#4,347 (1924)#4,347
1930s0
1940s5#3,690 (1949)#3,690
1950s5#3,944 (1958)#3,944
1960s12#3,244 (1965)#3,641
1970s8#4,403 (1979)#4,403
1980s10#6,315 (1984)#6,518
1990s5#8,800 (1994)#8,800
2000s0
2010s18#9,655 (2013)#10,903
2020s10#12,239 (2023)#12,294

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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