# Rakan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rakan/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “steadfast”, “strong” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 938 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 938 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 163, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic راكان ("steadfast, strong").

## What it means

Rakan is grouped under strong.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 4,471 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,100 |
| 2013 | 31 | 3,477 |
| 2014 | 33 | 3,357 |
| 2015 | 34 | 3,347 |
| 2016 | 54 | 2,405 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,659 |
| 2018 | 57 | 2,350 |
| 2019 | 54 | 2,479 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,632 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,401 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,293 |
| 2023 | 68 | 2,143 |
| 2024 | 50 | 2,659 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,900 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,488 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1,984 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.